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A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state
Bibliography: leaves 82-86.
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| author | Patel, Azizur Rahman |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/14962 A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state Patel, Azizur Rahman Tayob, Abdulkader Religious Studies Islam Bibliography: leaves 82-86. The Islamist/fundamentalist movements of the twentieth century, such as the Jama' ate Islami of Pakistan, the Ikhwan al Muslimin of Egypt, and the FIS of Algeria, have committed themselves to the ideal of attaining an 'Islamic state'. In their quest for the realization of this objective, they envisage a total mobilization of Muslim societies in accordance with "the Islamic shari'a law" under a universal state. The main architects of this ideal of Islamic state in recent times have been Sayyid Abu al-A'la Mawdudi and Sayyid Qutb. This thesis is an attempt to appraise these Islamist theories of statehood and governance in the light of traditional juristic theories of governance as well as modern and postmodern forms of democratic political formations. In this thesis I assert that the contemporary Islamist political blueprint, like traditional Muslim political philosophy is geared towards the establishment of Gemeinschaft (community) in the traditional sense, and not Gesellschaft (society/state) in the modern sense. State in the modern sense is to be understood as a complex form of social organization and public power that has authority independent from any particular office holder such as a king. The modern state is an association between the members of a society which assumes supreme authority to make and enforce laws that regulate social arrangements and social relationships. It encompasses various diverse groups, a multiplicity of religious communities, and largely disparate interests, under certain broad common goals. It is also a contention of this thesis that while Islamist political ideology condemns and challenges modernity and its modem forms of political and social organization, it has itself acquired very 'modern' traits of power, control, and statehood. It is further asserted that the juristic model of state, upon which the Islamist worldview is selectively based, is incapable of functioning as a power polity in the world of territorial states. 2015-11-13T13:05:22Z 2015-11-13T13:05:22Z 1996 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14962 eng application/pdf Department of Religious Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Religious Studies Islam Patel, Azizur Rahman A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state |
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| title | A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state |
| title_full | A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state |
| title_fullStr | A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state |
| title_short | A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state |
| title_sort | critique of contemporary islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of islamic state |
| topic | Religious Studies Islam |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14962 |
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