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Epistemology and politics in Islamic philosophy
In this chapter, I discuss how the medieval Islamic Philosophers wrestled with issues to do with the role and function of expertise. I show how this leads them to an epistemological position I call ‘Islamic Moderate Evidentialism’ and show how it directly bears upon their political philosophy whereby the Prophet is thought to be the ideal political leader. I then move to a more contemporary context and note parallels of this thought in the mid-twentieth-century revolutionary Islamism of Sayyid Qutb and Abul A’la Maududi. I show how understanding this movement from the perspective of medieval Islamic Philosophy leads us to articulating a unique political position where both Perfectionist Liberal thought and Anarcho-Socialism sit together side by side.
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RoutledgeExternal DOI
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522.0Book title
The Routledge handbook to political epistemologyPlace of publication
LondonISBN
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Routledge Handbooks in PhilosophyDepartment affiliated with
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Jeroen De Ridder, Michael HannonLegacy Posted Date
2020-11-18First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-10-23First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
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