The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses - Hardcover
In this seminal work, Khaled Abou El Fadl analyzes the construction of the authoritative and authoritarian in contemporary Islamic discourses. He argues that authoritarian discourses negate the authoritativeness of Islamic religious texts. Drawing upon pre-modern Islamic sources and debates, Abou El Fadl demonstrates the rigor and discipline required to appropriately analyze and construct contemporary Islamic legal discourses. He presents a methodology by which the authoritative is preserved and the authoritarian avoided.
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About the Author:
Prof. Abou El Fadl is an Islamic Jurist, Scholar and Professor of Islamic law at the law schoola at UCLA. He previously taught Islamic law at Yale Law School and Princeton University, University of Texas at Austin, and holds numerous degrees from Yale University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Review:
"Breathtaking in its erudition and insight, this work deftly forges a critical connection between medieval and modern Islamic legal discourse. The author illuminates, in microcosm, the charged implications of legal interpretation and social control faced by the contemporary Muslim community in America and throughout the globe. This brilliant, accessible analysis is critical to a more nuanced understanding of the complexities and challenges within Islamic society and should be read by students and specialists alike." -- D. A. Spellberg, Associate Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
"It is said that when we dream that we are dreaming we are about to awake. Khaled Abou El Fadl's The Authoritative and Authoritarian fulfills a long-felt need. It is not only timely and eloquent; it is a "dream" that will put many on their way to full consciousness". -- Sherman A. Jackson, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Michigan
"Professor Abou El Fadl is uniquely qualified in presenting the tension between the authoritative and the authoritarian in Islamic discourses to an American readership given his intimate familiarity both with the common law tradition of the United States and the traditional Islamic law. Moreover, his presentation of what is an admittedly difficult, abstract question is made more accessible by his decision to use the example of a recent controversy well known in American popular culture to illuminate the concrete consequences that result from an authoritarian, rather than an authoritative, interpretation of Islam." -- Mohammad Fadel, Articles Development Editor, Virginia Law Review
"This is an exhaustive and in-depth study written with the kind of integrity that is necessary for the development of Islamic thinking and the reformation of its political discourse...It should become the subject of serious debate...This is a masterful study and an exceptional book." -- Fahmy Huwaydi, Author
"It is said that when we dream that we are dreaming we are about to awake. Khaled Abou El Fadl's The Authoritative and Authoritarian fulfills a long-felt need. It is not only timely and eloquent; it is a "dream" that will put many on their way to full consciousness". -- Sherman A. Jackson, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Michigan
"Professor Abou El Fadl is uniquely qualified in presenting the tension between the authoritative and the authoritarian in Islamic discourses to an American readership given his intimate familiarity both with the common law tradition of the United States and the traditional Islamic law. Moreover, his presentation of what is an admittedly difficult, abstract question is made more accessible by his decision to use the example of a recent controversy well known in American popular culture to illuminate the concrete consequences that result from an authoritarian, rather than an authoritative, interpretation of Islam." -- Mohammad Fadel, Articles Development Editor, Virginia Law Review
"This is an exhaustive and in-depth study written with the kind of integrity that is necessary for the development of Islamic thinking and the reformation of its political discourse...It should become the subject of serious debate...This is a masterful study and an exceptional book." -- Fahmy Huwaydi, Author
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- PublisherTaiba Publishing House
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1891226002
- ISBN 13 9781891226007
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages118
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