A history of social justice and political power in the Middle East the circle of justice from Mesopotamia to globalization

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Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge 2013.
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  • Introduction: the Circle of Justice
  • Mesopotamia: "that the strong might not oppress the weak"
  • Persia: "the deeds god likes best are righteousness and justice"
  • The Islamic Empire: "no prosperity without justice and good administration"
  • Politics in transition: "curb the strong from riding on the weak"
  • The Turks and Islamic civilization: "the most penetrating of arrows is the prayer of the oppressed"
  • Mongols and Turks: "fierce toward offenders, and in judgements just"
  • Early modern empires: "the world is a garden, its wall is the state"
  • Modernization and revolution: "no justice without law applied equally to all"
  • The Middle East in the twentieth century: "a regime can endure with impiety but not with injustice"
  • Conclusion.