Authority, Governance, Legitimacy, Representation: Some Thoughts from the Muslim Margins
The study of political theology has never been a neutral exercise in excavating the theoretical origins of sovereignty. The political contexts in which questions arise are instructive. In this paper, I argue that the very language of representation and legitimacy articulated for Muslims in the conte...
| Published in: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Studies in Christian ethics
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam NCD Political ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Authority
B Tradition B maqāṣid al-sharīʿa B Muslims Political activity B BIOPOLITICS (Sociobiology) B Biopolitics B Governance B Political Theology B SOVEREIGNTY (Political science) Religious aspects |
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| Summary: | The study of political theology has never been a neutral exercise in excavating the theoretical origins of sovereignty. The political contexts in which questions arise are instructive. In this paper, I argue that the very language of representation and legitimacy articulated for Muslims in the contemporary world may occlude the political challenges that obviate their possibility. Biopolitics, the construction of tradition, the possibility of a ‘philosophical religion’ and the challenge of rationality, and the incompleteness of the critique of political theology make the actuality of a critical and theoretical encounter with representation difficult at best, elusive at worst. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Towards a Monotheistic Democratic Constitutionalism? Convergent Themes in Oliver O’Donovan, Sajjad Rizvi and Paul Heck (2016)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946815623121 |