{"product_id":"the-caliphate-or-supreme-imamate-muhammad-rashid-rida-9780300187298","title":"The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate","description":"\u003cb\u003eA translation of Muhammad Rashid Rida's best-known work, which examines the compatibility of Islamic political and legal tradition with modern thought\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865-1935) was a prominent Muslim intellectual and reformer. Born in a village near Tripoli in present-day Lebanon, he was renowned for his founding of \u003ci\u003eAl-Manar\u003c\/i\u003e, an independent and successful Islamic magazine in which he published \u003ci\u003eThe Caliphate or Supreme Imamate\u003c\/i\u003e as a series beginning in 1922. The work showcased Rida's faith in the Islamic tradition as the origin of notions such as self-determination and popular sovereignty, as well as his opposition to Western politics. A realist, he nevertheless argued that a revived Caliphate was viable and held the keys to Muslim empowerment and universal salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This skillful translation by Simon A. Wood will make \u003ci\u003eThe Caliphate or Supreme Imamate\u003c\/i\u003e accessible for the first time to English-speaking scholars and students of political theory and the modern Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Muhammad Rashid Rida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300187297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300187298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Muhammad Rashid Rida","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618203390207,"sku":"9780300187298","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b86beec-dd43-4f77-aa19-89d515d053c2.jpg?v=1740069449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-caliphate-or-supreme-imamate-muhammad-rashid-rida-9780300187298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}