{"product_id":"9780367558550-islam-as-power","title":"Islam as Power","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShi‛i Revivalism in the Oeuvre of Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah. \u003cp\u003eProviding an in-depth and extensive analysis of the concept of power as articulated by Muhammad Fadlallah, this case study analyses the systemic conceptualization of power and his argumentation of sacralizing Islamised power. The volume also offers a quick overview of how the concept was understood and articulated by other Shi‛ite jurists.\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003eProviding an in-depth and extensive analysis of the concept of power as articulated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (1935–2010), this case study analyses the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esystemic conceptualisation of power and his argumentation of sacralising\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIslamised power. The volume also offers a quick overview of how the concept was\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eunderstood and articulated by other Shi‛ite jurists such as Ayatollah Khomeini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining Fadlallah’s oeuvre, in particular his seminal book \u003ci\u003eIslam and the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLogic of Power [ \u003ci\u003eal-Islam wa-mantiq al-quwwa \u003c\/i\u003e], this book focuses on the narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eitself, which played a central role in the radical transformation that occurred in the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShi‛te concept of empowerment and its recognition as a necessity. The analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof Fadlallah’s conceptualisation and argumentation illustrates the mechanism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof sacralising righteous power as well as the means of gaining it. Fadlallah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ereinterpreted Shi‛sm as a project of empowerment to initiate and sustain an\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“impulse of power” amongst the Lebanese Shi‛tes in the most critical moment of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emodern Lebanese history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDealing with the concept of power in Shi‛te political thought from a theoretical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eperspective, the study has an innovative approach that offers an insight into\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehow the transformative narrative is constructed and what makes it convincing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShedding light on the content and logical structure of Fadlallah’s argumentation,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethis volume will be of interest to scholars and students researching contemporary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epolitics, Islam, and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40809086255201,"sku":"9780367558550","price":172.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/56f074598d2d3aa81c49ff8ae47a7472.png?v=1704910019","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780367558550-islam-as-power","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}