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Genre/Form: | History Terminology |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bernard Lewis |
ISBN: | 0226476936 9780226476933 |
OCLC Number: | 966884088 |
Notes: | "Main part of this book is based on lectures sponsored by the Exxon Foundation and the Committee on Social Thought of the University of Chicago, and delivered at the University 29 October-4 November 1986"--Preface. |
Description: | vii, 168 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Metaphor and allusion -- The body politic -- The rulers and the ruled -- War and peace -- The limits of obedience. |
Responsibility: | Bernard Lewis. |
Abstract:
Discuss the Islamic Scriptures that form the basis for its political language, looks at the changes in modern Islamic politics, and analyzes the transformation of political terms.
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- Islam and state.
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