Philosophers, sufis, and caliphs : politics and authority from Cordoba to Cairo and Baghdad

1. Verfasser: Akhtar, Ali Humayun.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Schlagworte:
Umayyad dynasty.
Islam and politics.
Caliphs.
Sultans.
Judges.
Fatimites.
Abbasids.
Sufis.
Islamic philosophy.
Philosophy, Ancient > Influence.
Islamic Empire > Politics and government.
Córdoba > spa > Orte Cb-Cz
iDAI.gazetteer: Córdoba
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : Politics, Law, and Authority in the Abbasid and Fatimid Eras
  • Philosophical Caliphs in Baghdad and Cairo and the Debate about falsafa
  • A New Caliph in Cordoba and a Theologian's Reform of Philosophy
  • Political Reform in Baghdad and its Legacy in Seville
  • Sufis among Scholars in the Almoravid Era
  • A Sufi Revolt in Portugal and its Platonizing Political Leadership
  • Almohad Political Culture and the Patronage of Philosophy and Mysticism.

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