{"product_id":"the-impossible-state-islam-politics-and-modernitys-moral-predicament","title":"The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament","description":"\u003cp\u003e Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the \"Islamic state,\" judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of premodern Islam and Euro-America, he finds the adoption and practice of the modern state to be highly problematic for modern Muslims. He also critiques more expansively modernity's moral predicament, which renders impossible any project resting solely on ethical foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe modern state not only suffers from serious legal, political, and constitutional issues, Hallaq argues, but also, by its very nature, fashions a subject inconsistent with what it means to be, or to live as, a Muslim. By Islamic standards, the state's technologies of the self are severely lacking in moral substance, and today's Islamic state, as Hallaq shows, has done little to advance an acceptable form of genuine Shari'a governance. The Islamists' constitutional battles in Egypt and Pakistan, the Islamic legal and political failures of the Iranian Revolution, and similar disappointments underscore this fact. Nevertheless, the state remains the favored template of the Islamists and the ulama (Muslim clergymen). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWael B. Hallaq is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. Hallaq's research spans several fields, including law, legal theory, philosophy, political theory, and logic, and his publications include\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShari'a: Theory, Practice, Transformations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Introduction to Islamic Law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAuthority, Continuity, and Change in Islamic Law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His works have been translated into several languages, including Arabic, Indonesian, Hebrew, Japanese, Persian, Turkish, and Russian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHerausgeber ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eColumbia Univers. Press\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eErscheinungstermin ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e16. September 2014\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAuflage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eReprint\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSprache ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEnglisch\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSeitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e256 Seiten\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e023116257X\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e978-0231162579\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbmessungen ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wael B. Hallaq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56445237756244,"sku":null,"price":45.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/6312\/0468\/files\/impossiblestate.png?v=1783947453","url":"https:\/\/www.itidal-shop.de\/products\/the-impossible-state-islam-politics-and-modernitys-moral-predicament","provider":"Itidal Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}