Islamic Political Theory Volume 2 (Statecraft) - Paperback

by Mansoor Limba (Translator), Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi (Author)

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.

• 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 System's 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 Beliefs' Confrontation with the Islamic Laws
• An Investigation of the Theory of Relativity of Values and Religious Narratives
• Religious Knowledge: Fiction or True Reflection?