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Contemporary Arab Scholarship in the Social Sciences

Britain and Arab Unity A Documentary History from the Treaty of Versailles to the End of World War 2 Cover

Presents an Arab perspective derived from considerable research into British archives, covering the period 1919 to 1945. This title reveals how British government policy was formed in this period and concludes that repeated British administrations were consistent in their concern and hostility towards the notion of Arab unity.

Democracy Human Rights and Law in Islamic Thought Cover

Emphasises the distinctive political and cultural heritage of the Arab world whilst rejecting the philosophical discourses that have been used to obscure its democratic deficit. This volume interrogates concepts such as democracy, law, and human rights, looking at how they have been applied in the history of the Arab world.

Early Islamic Institutions Administration and Taxation from the Caliphate to the Umayyads and Abbasids Cover

The rapid expansion of the early Islamic world is conventionally ascribed to a combination of brilliant military leadership and religious fervour. This book shows how the growth and durability of early Islamic governance derived from highly sophisticated systems of administration and efficient mechanisms for taxation and tax collection.

Islamic Land Tax AlKharaj From the Islamic Conquests to the Abbasid Period Cover

Surveys the institution of al-Kharaj - land tax in Islam. This title provides a comprehensive history of a practice which evolved from an exigency of conquest into an essential pillar of the early Islamic state. It presents a documented statistical analysis of the historical materials for various regions of the early Islamic world.

The Formation of Arab Reason Text Tradition and the Construction of Modernity in the Arab World Cover

Charts a route towards modernity via the proposition that respect for textualism and tradition are not inconsistent with rationalism and that both history and philosophy are key to the evolution of knowledge systems and ways of reasoning in Arab culture. This book provides an insight into the currents of contemporary Arab thought.

The State in Contemporary Islamic Thought A Historical Survey of the Major Muslim Political Thinkers of the Modern Era Cover

The debates on 'Islam and Modernity' clearly include in their analysis notions of the State. This title charts the development of the concept of 'the state' in Islamic discourse over the last two centuries. It argues that modern Islamic political thought succeeded in producing ideologies, but ultimately failed to produce a unified theory of state.

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