{"product_id":"islam-as-power-shi-8219-i-revivalism-in-the-oeuvre-of-muhammad-husayn-fadlallah-paperback","title":"Islam as Power: Shi\u0026#8219;i Revivalism in the Oeuvre of Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBianka Speidl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding an in-depth and extensive analysis of the concept of power as articulated\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eby Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (1935-2010), this case study analyses the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esystemic conceptualisation of power and his argumentation of sacralising\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslamised power. The volume also offers a quick overview of how the concept was\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eunderstood and articulated by other Shi‛ite jurists such as Ayatollah Khomeini.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining Fadlallah's oeuvre, in particular his seminal book \u003ci\u003eIslam and the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogic of Power [ \u003ci\u003eal-Islam wa-mantiq al-quwwa \u003c\/i\u003e], this book focuses on the narrative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eitself, which played a central role in the radical transformation that occurred in the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShi‛te concept of empowerment and its recognition as a necessity. The analysis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof Fadlallah's conceptualisation and argumentation illustrates the mechanism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof sacralising righteous power as well as the means of gaining it. Fadlallah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereinterpreted Shi‛sm as a project of empowerment to initiate and sustain an\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"impulse of power\" amongst the Lebanese Shi‛tes in the most critical moment of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emodern Lebanese history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with the concept of power in Shi‛te political thought from a theoretical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eperspective, the study has an innovative approach that offers an insight into\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehow the transformative narrative is constructed and what makes it convincing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShedding light on the content and logical structure of Fadlallah's argumentation, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethis volume will be of interest to scholars and students researching contemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epolitics, Islam, and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBianka Speidl is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Pázmány Péter Catholic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity, Hungary. She earned her PhD from the Institute of Arab and Islamic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies at the University of Exeter. She spent academic years in Tunisia, Syria, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItaly, and Lebanon. Between 2013-2019 she was a research fellow in the Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGroup of Contemporary Religious Culture pertaining to the Hungarian Academy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Sciences and the University of Szeged, Hungary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444352434354,"sku":"9780367558574","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3d76ab7518dfee4a10b4718d027aefc2.webp?v=1778703794","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/islam-as-power-shi-8219-i-revivalism-in-the-oeuvre-of-muhammad-husayn-fadlallah-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}