Islamic Political Theory Volume 1 (Legislation) & Volume 2 (Statecraft

Islamic Political Theory Volume 1 (Legislation) & Volume 2 (Statecraft)

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The first of two volumes of a comprehensive exposition of Islamic political theory by the renowned scholar Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi, which deals with the importance of recognizing Islam as the basis of any just political theory, methods of implementing such a theory by the government, and comparing and contrasting this Islamic system with the system predominant in most Western and secular nations.

Under the legislation aspect of the Islamic political theory, the topics discussed include:

The important questions in the realm of Islamic polity
The importance and exigency of discussing the Islamic political theory
The station of politics in religion
Freedom in Islam
Freedom and its limit and boundary
The structure and form of government
The status of laws in the religious system
Law and the difference in outlook and origin
The criterion of the law's credibility
The difference in outlooks of Islam and the West on values
The fundamental difference in the outlooks of Islam and the West on law
The West's materialistic outlook on law
The Islamic government, challenges, and cultural plots
The difference between the divine and atheistic cultures in the realm of law and freedom
The relationship between religious legislative lordship (rububiyyat-e tashri'i), and sovereignty and legislation
The requisites of legislation and its station in Islam
The distinctive features of Islam in the realm of politics and government
A new portrait of the station of law and government
Islam and democracy
The essence of the unity in humanity and the citizenship of citizens

The second of two volumes of a comprehensive exposition of Islamic political theory by the renowned scholar Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi, which deals with the importance of recognizing Islam as the basis of any just political theory, methods of implementing such a theory by the government, and comparing and contrasting this Islamic system with the system predominant in most Western and secular nations.

Under the statecraft aspect of the Islamic political theory, the topics discussed include:

Grand Strategies in the Realm of Governance and Implementation
Special Functions of the State and the Islamic Perspective on Public Participation
A Perspective on the Distinctive Structure of the Islamic State
Islamic State and the Observance of Values and Legitimate Freedoms

A Glance at the Political Hierarchy in the Islamic State
The Connection between the Absolute Guardianship of the Jurist and the Islamic Government Establishment
An Examination and Criticism of the Theory of Separation of Powers
The Exigency of Elucidating the Ideological Position of the Islamic System
Islam and the Different Forms of Government
The Position of Islamic Laws and Our SystemÕs Superiority to Other Systems
The Connection between Freedom, and the State and Laws
The Need for Decisiveness in Implementing the Islamic Ordinances
A Scrutiny of the Issue of Violence
The Western Ideas and BeliefsÕ Confrontation with the Islamic Laws
An Investigation of the Theory of Relativity of Values and Religious Narratives
Religious Knowledge: Fiction or True Reflection?