Mawlana Mawdudi and political Islam authority and the Islamic state

Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the 20th century. His brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. This text critically engages and assesses his career and legacy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Roy, 1962- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • The life and times of Mawdudi
  • A noble lineage. 1903-1919
  • "A hidden power within me", 1920-1930
  • Crisis of the spirit, 1930-1939
  • The birth of a new party, 1940-1947
  • The Pakistan years, 1947-1979
  • Mawdudi and political Islam
  • The need for "intellectual independence"
  • The Salafiyyah
  • Mawdudi's paradigms: the four sources of his Islamic constitution
  • Theo-democracy (or divine government?)
  • Jihad and the permanent revolution
  • Mawdudi's legacy.