Prophecy and Power

Violence and Islam II
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5095-4214-7
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Heralded as the greatest living Arab poet, Syrian-born Adonis is also a staunch critic of violence and despotism in the Islamic world. In this book, he explores the nature of political power in Islam by focusing on the figure of the prophet Mohammed as both a political and a mythical leader. In conversation with Houria Abdelouahed, Adonis examines the Qur’anic intervention in establishing the prophet’s power, especially when the text is read based on faith and not reason. The authors discuss the historical developments before and after the prophet’s death, which established the power of the Caliph or the leader as absolute.

The second part of the book examines the consequences of these developments in the Arab and Islamic world today, where this ‘tyrannical’ understanding of power continues to hold sway. The authors conclude with a call for secularism in the Arab world and a passionate plea for the separation of religion from the political, legal and social spheres.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adonis

Abdelouahed, Houria

Weitere Mitwirkende

Rose, Julie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Kulturphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Epigraph
1 God, ‘The Messenger of Muhammad’?

Notes

2 The Ghazawat: The Violence Involved in the Foundation of Islam

Notes

3 Putting the Text to Work

Notes

4 Saqifa: Power in a Tizzy

Notes

5 The City of God and Entitlement

Notes

6 Tillage? Woman, the Most Noble of Words

Notes

7 ‘Love’s Capital Is Not to Have Any’

Notes

8 The West of the Enlightenment: What Does It Have to Do with the Orient?

Notes

Epilogue: Leaving the Cave!

Notes

Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Adonis was born in 1930 in Qassabine, Syria, and has been writing poetry for over seventy years. Frequently tipped for the Nobel Prize for Literature, his achievements have been recognized with numerous international accolades, including the Goethe Prize in 2011.
Houria Abdelouahed is a psychoanalyst, lecturer and translator.