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The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament
The Impossible State Islam Politics and Modernity's Moral Predicament
Author: Wael B. Hallaq
Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the "Islamic state," judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of premodern Islam and Euro-America, he finds the adoption and practice of the modern state to be h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231162579
ISBN-10: 023116257X
Publication Date: 9/2/2014
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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