Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) orations Originally published in 1953

Originally published in 1953

Subsequent chapters focus on specific subject areas

Jonathan Lyons shows just how much "Western" ideas owe to the Golden Age of Arab civilization

Following his highly acclaimed study of the life and works of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) orations Originally published in 1953This original study demonstrates how Ibn Taymiyyas influence shed new light on the entire trajectory of Islamic political thought. Although he did not reject the Caliphate ideal, as is commonly believed, he nevertheless radically redefined it by turning it into a rational political institution intended to serve the community (umma). Through creative reinterpretation, he deployed the Qur'anic concept of fitra (divinely endowed human nature) to center