Political Metaphors and Concepts in the Writings of an Eleventh-Century Sunni Scholar, Abū al-Ma‛ālī al-Juwaynī (419 – 478/1028 – 1085) Article (Web of Science)

abstract

  • AbstractThis article investigates political vocabulary and metaphor in the writings of al-Juwayni (d. 1085) to bring out the commitments and presuppositions of premodern Islamic political tradition and raises the question of their compatibility with those of the modern nation-state.

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publication date

  • 2016

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number of pages

  • 11

start page

  • 7

end page

  • 18

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 1-2