A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state

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dc.contributor.advisorTayob, Abdulkaderen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Azizur Rahmanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-13T13:05:22Z
dc.date.available2015-11-13T13:05:22Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 82-86.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe Islamist/fundamentalist movements of the twentieth century, such as the Jama' ate Islami of Pakistan, the Ikhwan al Muslimin of Egypt, and the FIS of Algeria, have committed themselves to the ideal of attaining an 'Islamic state'. In their quest for the realization of this objective, they envisage a total mobilization of Muslim societies in accordance with "the Islamic shari'a law" under a universal state. The main architects of this ideal of Islamic state in recent times have been Sayyid Abu al-A'la Mawdudi and Sayyid Qutb. This thesis is an attempt to appraise these Islamist theories of statehood and governance in the light of traditional juristic theories of governance as well as modern and postmodern forms of democratic political formations. In this thesis I assert that the contemporary Islamist political blueprint, like traditional Muslim political philosophy is geared towards the establishment of Gemeinschaft (community) in the traditional sense, and not Gesellschaft (society/state) in the modern sense. State in the modern sense is to be understood as a complex form of social organization and public power that has authority independent from any particular office holder such as a king. The modern state is an association between the members of a society which assumes supreme authority to make and enforce laws that regulate social arrangements and social relationships. It encompasses various diverse groups, a multiplicity of religious communities, and largely disparate interests, under certain broad common goals. It is also a contention of this thesis that while Islamist political ideology condemns and challenges modernity and its modem forms of political and social organization, it has itself acquired very 'modern' traits of power, control, and statehood. It is further asserted that the juristic model of state, upon which the Islamist worldview is selectively based, is incapable of functioning as a power polity in the world of territorial states.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPatel, A. R. (1996). <i>A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14962en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPatel, Azizur Rahman. <i>"A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14962en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPatel, A. 1996. A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Patel, Azizur Rahman AB - The Islamist/fundamentalist movements of the twentieth century, such as the Jama' ate Islami of Pakistan, the Ikhwan al Muslimin of Egypt, and the FIS of Algeria, have committed themselves to the ideal of attaining an 'Islamic state'. In their quest for the realization of this objective, they envisage a total mobilization of Muslim societies in accordance with "the Islamic shari'a law" under a universal state. The main architects of this ideal of Islamic state in recent times have been Sayyid Abu al-A'la Mawdudi and Sayyid Qutb. This thesis is an attempt to appraise these Islamist theories of statehood and governance in the light of traditional juristic theories of governance as well as modern and postmodern forms of democratic political formations. In this thesis I assert that the contemporary Islamist political blueprint, like traditional Muslim political philosophy is geared towards the establishment of Gemeinschaft (community) in the traditional sense, and not Gesellschaft (society/state) in the modern sense. State in the modern sense is to be understood as a complex form of social organization and public power that has authority independent from any particular office holder such as a king. The modern state is an association between the members of a society which assumes supreme authority to make and enforce laws that regulate social arrangements and social relationships. It encompasses various diverse groups, a multiplicity of religious communities, and largely disparate interests, under certain broad common goals. It is also a contention of this thesis that while Islamist political ideology condemns and challenges modernity and its modem forms of political and social organization, it has itself acquired very 'modern' traits of power, control, and statehood. It is further asserted that the juristic model of state, upon which the Islamist worldview is selectively based, is incapable of functioning as a power polity in the world of territorial states. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state TI - A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14962 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14962
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPatel AR. A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14962en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherIslamen_ZA
dc.titleA critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic stateen_ZA
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