The history of Islamic political thought : from the Prophet to the present / Antony Black.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [358]-365) and index.

Pt. I. The Messenger and the Law c.622-1000. 1. The Mission of Muhammad. 2. The Idea of Monarchy under the Umayyads and 'Abbasids c.661-850. 3. The Method of Tradition (sunna). 4. Shi'ite Theories of Leadership (imama). 5. The Restoration of Persia c.850-1050. 6. Knowledge and Power: Plato without the Polis -- Pt. II. Religion and State Power (din wa dawla): Sunni Doctrine and the State c.1000-1220. 7. The Theory of the Caliphate. 8. The Order of the Realm. 9. Al-Ghazali's Balance. 10. The Ethics of Power: Advice-to-King (nasihat al-muluk). 11. Philosophy Goes West. 12. The Politics of Sufism -- Pt. III. The Shari'a and the Sword c.1220-1500. 13. The Rape of Asia. 14. Mamluk Ideology and the Sultan-Caliph. 15. Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-74): Social Philosophy and Status Groups. 16. Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328): Shari'a Governance (al-siyasa al-shar'iyya). 17. The Delhi Sultanate and al-Barani: Statecraft and Morality. 18. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406): The Science of Civilisation and the Governance of Islam. 19. The Decline of Classical Islamic Political Thought -- Pt. IV. The Early Modern Empires: Well-Protected Domains. 20. International Relations. 21. The State of the House of Osman (devlet-i al-i Osman). 22. The Safavids. 23. India and the Mughals. 24. The Decline and Reform of the Ottoman Empire -- Pt. V. Islam and the West. 25. The Age of Modernism c.1830-1920. 26. The Age of Fundamentalism c.1920-2000.

This book provides a complete history of Islamic political thought from early Islam (c.622-661) to the present. This comprehensive overview describes and interprets all schools of Islamic political thought, their origins, inter-connections and meaning. It examines the Qur'an, the early Caliphate, classical Islamic philosophy, and the political culture of the Ottoman and other empires. Major thinkers such as Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and Ibn Taymiyya are covered as well as numerous lesser authors, and Ibn Khaldun is presented as one of the most original political theorists ever. It draws on a wide range of sources including writings on religion, law, philosophy and statecraft expressed in treatises, handbooks and political rhetoric. The new edition analyses the connections between religion and politics, covering the most recent developments in Islamic political thought and the current historical scholarship. It ends with a critical survey of reformism (or modernism) and Islamism (or fundamentalism) from the late nineteenth century up to the present day. In this, the only book to cover the whole of Islamic political thought, past and present. Key Features of the Second Edition: -Revised and updated throughout -A new final section on Islam and the West -New bibliographies of primary and secondary sources.