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al-Mawardi: al-Mawardi (972-1058) was a Muslim jurist, theologian, and philosopher from Baghdad, Iraq. His notable works include "The Ordinances of Government" and "The Admonitions of the Prefect and the Kings." He specialized in Islamic political theory, jurisprudence, and governance.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Otfried Höffe on al-Mawardi - Dictionary of Arguments

Höffe I 130
Al-Mawardi/Höffe: al-Mawardi (974-1058) [writes] an exemplary book on the rules of
Höffe I 131
(sultanic) rule in Islam, the fiqh: Kitāb al-ahkām al-saltā-nūya.
Sultan: Sultan in Arabic means two things: the rule and the person of the ruler.
As a representative of sacral legal thought, al-Mawardi does not refer to philosophy but exclusively to divine law, the Shari'a.
Al-MawardiVsHellenism: In contrast to the Hellenization of Islamic culture, one could speak here of a counterrevolution in Islamic culture. Fiqh thinking, however, arises at about the same time as Hellenization, so we are dealing with two competing currents.
>Hellenism
, >Islam.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Höffe I
Otfried Höffe
Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016


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