International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

9781780766508

Cataloging Source

UKM; UiTM; rda

Local Call Number

BP173.6; .J33 2009

Main Entry - Personal Name

al-Jabri, Muhammad 'Abid; author

Title Statement

Democracy, Human Rights and Law in Islamic Thought; Mohammed Abed al-Jabri

Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice

London; I. B. Tauris; ©2009

Physical Description

v, 258 pages; 24 cm

Content Type

text; rdacontent

Media Type

unmediated; rdamedia

Carrier Type

volume; rdacarrier

Series Statement

Contemporary Arab scholarship in the social sciences ; v. 1

General Note

Includes index

Summary, Etc.

Throughout the Middle East, and in the west as well, there has been much discussion concerning the notion of Islamic rule and the application of shari'ah by the state. Central to these debates are the three key themes that Mohammad Abed al-Jabri looks at in this book: democracy, human rights and law. Jabri, one of the most influential political philosophers in the contemporary Middle East, examines how these three concepts have been applied in the history of the Arab world, and shows that they are determined by political and social context, not by Islamic doctrine. Jabri argues that in order to develop democratic societies in which human rights are respected, the Arab world cannot simply rely on old texts and traditions. Nor can it import democratic models from the West. Instead, he says, a new tradition will have to be forged by today's Arabs themselves, on their own terms. Through analysis of contemporary Arab ideology, its doubts about democracy, whether human rights are universal and the role of women and minorities in Islamic society, he expounds on the most pertinent issues in modern political philosophy. This lively interrogation of the building blocs of western conceptions of a modern state is a classic text and is vital for all students of modern Islamic political thought. Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936-2010) was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rabat. As one of the most influential political philosophers in the contemporary Arab world, he authored many acclaimed books including, in Arabic: The Structure of Arab Reason, Arab Political Reason' and Arab Ethical Reason, and in English: The Formation of Arab Reason: Text, Tradition and the Construction of Modernity in the Arab World (I.B.Tauris, 2011).

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term

Democracy; Arab Countries; Human Rights; Religious Aspects; Arab Countries; Equality; Religious Aspects; Islam; Arab Countries; Islam And State; Arab Countries; Arab Countries; Politics And Government; 1945-

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Contemporary Arab scholarship in the social sciences ; v. 1

Record ID

651567