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Author Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018

Title The political language of Islam / Bernard Lewis.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  297 L58P    Check Shelf
Description vii, 168 pages ; 23 cm
Note "Based on the Exxon Foundation lectures, delivered ... in the University of Chicago, 29 October-4 November 1986"--Pref.
Summary Arabic has an entirely different political vocabulary from that shared by most Western languages. The political language of Islam is rooted in Islamic scriptures and classics and shaped by Islamic political experiences. It uses metaphors and symbols that sometimes coincide with and sometimes differ from those of the Western world, and it operates within a frame of reference and allusion often unlike that to which we in the West are accustomed. Here, historian Bernard Lewis traces the growth and development of Islamic political language from the advent of the Prophet and the promulgation of the Qur'an in the seventh century through the transformation of political thought, institutions, and discourse in modern times. Through historical analysis of the formation and transformation of the technical terms used in the literature of statecraft, in the theories of political philosophers, and in the actual conduct of government, he clarifies the perception, discussion, and practice of politics in the Islamic world.--From publisher description.
Contents Metaphor and allusion -- The body politic -- The rulers and the ruled -- War and peace -- The limits of obedience.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 117-158.
Note Includes index.
Subject Islam and state.
Political science -- Islamic Empire -- History.
Political science -- Terminology.
Symbolism in politics -- Islamic countries.
Indexed Term Islamic countries Politics Terminology, history
ISBN 0226476928
9780226476926
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