{"product_id":"the-art-of-jihad-realism-in-islamic-political-thought-paperback","title":"The Art of Jihad: Realism in Islamic Political Thought - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalik Mufti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdentifies and traces the evolution of a forgotten \"realist\" tradition in medieval Islamic political thought, and considers the prospects for its revival in the context of the contemporary Middle East.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow all but forgotten, there exists within medieval Islamic political thought a coherent \"realist\" tradition analogous to its Western counterpart. In \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e, Malik Mufti begins by analyzing contemporary debates on jihad designed to highlight the lacuna occupied by realism in other cultures. He explicates the features of medieval Islamic realism; those it shares with realism everywhere-a focus on power, for example, or the ubiquity of human conflict-but also those features that are distinctive: its insistence on the political centrality of religion, its rejection of scientific certainty, its valorization of hierarchy, and its adherence to empire as the optimal ethico-political framework. These features are fleshed out through the writings of medieval political thinkers such as Ibn al-Muqaffa , al-Jahiz, and the anonymous author of a seminal military manual, as well as political philosophers such as Ibn Rushd and Ibn Khaldun. Finally, Mufti explores the prospects for a revival of Islamic realism in the context of the political and intellectual upheavals currently besetting the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalik Mufti \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaring and Caution in Turkish Strategic Culture: Republic at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725731754291,"sku":"9781438476360","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/S4OshZzxlq9781438476360.webp?v=1763719007","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-art-of-jihad-realism-in-islamic-political-thought-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}