Caliphate: The History of an Idea
Autor Hugh Kennedyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 oct 2016
From
a
preeminent
scholar
of
Islamic
history,
the
authoritative
history
of
caliphates
from
their
beginnings
in
the
7th
century
to
the
modern
day
InCaliphate,
Islamic
historian
Hugh
Kennedy
dissects
the
idea
of
the
caliphate
and
its
history,
and
explores
how
it
became
used
and
abused
today.
Contrary
to
popular
belief,
there
is
no
one
enduring
definition
of
a
caliph;
rather,
the
idea
of
the
caliph
has
been
the
subject
of
constant
debate
and
transformation
over
time.
Kennedy
offers
a
grand
history
of
the
caliphate
since
the
beginning
of
Islam
to
its
modern
incarnations.
Originating
in
the
tumultuous
years
following
the
death
of
the
Mohammad
in
632,
the
caliphate,
a
politico-religious
system,
flourished
in
the
great
days
of
the
Umayyads
of
Damascus
and
the
Abbasids
of
Baghdad.
From
the
seventh-century
Orthodox
caliphs
to
the
nineteenth-century
Ottomans,
Kennedy
explores
the
tolerant
rule
of
Umar,
recounts
the
traumatic
murder
of
the
caliph
Uthman,
dubbed
a
tyrant
by
many,
and
revels
in
the
flourishing
arts
of
the
golden
eras
of
Abbasid
Baghdad
and
Moorish
Andalucía.
Kennedy
also
examines
the
modern
fate
of
the
caliphate,
unraveling
the
British
political
schemes
to
spur
dissent
against
the
Ottomans
and
the
ominous
efforts
of
Islamists,
including
ISIS,
to
reinvent
the
history
of
the
caliphate
for
their
own
malevolent
political
ends.
In exploring and explaining the great variety of caliphs who have ruled throughout the ages, Kennedy challenges the very narrow views of the caliphate propagated by extremist groups today. An authoritative new account of the dynasties of Arab leaders throughout the Islamic Golden Age,Caliphatetraces the history-and misappropriations-of one of the world's most potent political ideas.
In exploring and explaining the great variety of caliphs who have ruled throughout the ages, Kennedy challenges the very narrow views of the caliphate propagated by extremist groups today. An authoritative new account of the dynasties of Arab leaders throughout the Islamic Golden Age,Caliphatetraces the history-and misappropriations-of one of the world's most potent political ideas.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465094387
ISBN-10: 0465094384
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: TBD
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465094384
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: TBD
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Hugh
Kennedyis
a
professor
of
Arabic
at
SOAS,
University
of
London.
The
author
of
many
books,
includingThe
Courts
of
the
CaliphsandThe
Great
Arab
Conquests,
Kennedy
lives
in
London
and
Scotland,
Great
Britain.
Recenzii
"The
doctrine
of
the
caliphate
still
animates
the
imagination
of
Muslim
theologians,
politicians
and
ideologues,
as
Hugh
Kennedy
shows
powerfully
inCaliphate."—Wall
Street
Journal
"Hugh Kennedy demonstrates inCaliphate: The History of an Idea, his readable but scholarly account, [the caliphate] was present throughout centuries of Muslim history, in a variety of guises."
—New York Review of Books
"[A] sweeping, yet deeply researched, history of popular and scholarly efforts-from the mid-seventh century to the present day....extraordinarily important..."
—Choice
"An engaging portrait of a fascinating, multifaceted history."—Times Literary Supplement
"[An] engrossing and entertaining introduction... Kennedy clearly shows the continuing power of this idea to incite controversy."—Publishers Weekly
"Enlisting significant Arab-language scholarship, Kennedy provides a carefully calibrated, timely chronicle for nonacademic readers."—Kirkus Reviews
"Hugh Kennedy demonstrates inCaliphate: The History of an Idea, his readable but scholarly account, [the caliphate] was present throughout centuries of Muslim history, in a variety of guises."
—New York Review of Books
"[A] sweeping, yet deeply researched, history of popular and scholarly efforts-from the mid-seventh century to the present day....extraordinarily important..."
—Choice
"British
historian
Hugh
Kennedy
takes
it
upon
himself
to
recover
the
caliphate's
meaning,
and
he
succeeds
with
welcome
doses
of
erudition,
accuracy
and,
when
necessary,
empathy."
—Washington
Post"An engaging portrait of a fascinating, multifaceted history."—Times Literary Supplement
"[An] engrossing and entertaining introduction... Kennedy clearly shows the continuing power of this idea to incite controversy."—Publishers Weekly
"Enlisting significant Arab-language scholarship, Kennedy provides a carefully calibrated, timely chronicle for nonacademic readers."—Kirkus Reviews