Messianism and Sociopolitical Revolution in Medieval Islam

AvSaid Amir Arjomand

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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This study of messianism and revolution examines an extremely rich though unexplored historical record on the rise of Islam and its sociopolitical revolutions from Muhammad’s constitutive revolution in Arabia to the Abbasid revolution in the East and the Fatimid and Almohad revolutions in North Africa and the Maghreb. Bringing the revolutions together in a comprehensive framework, Saïd Amir Arjomand uses sociological theory as well as the critical tools of modern historiography to argue that a volatile but recurring combination of apocalyptic motivation and revolutionary action was a driving force of historical change time and again. In addition to tracing these threads throughout 500 years of history, Arjomand also establishes how messianic beliefs were rooted in the earlier Judaic and Manichaean notions of apocalyptic transformation of the world. By bringing to light these linkages and factors not found in the dominant sources, this text offers a sweeping account of the long arc of Islamic history.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-28
Mått:150 x 20 x 230 mm
Vikt:575 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:388
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520425163

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Saïd Amir Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University, founder of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, editor of the Journal of Persianate Studies, and author of Revolution: Structure and Meaning in World History.

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“In this remarkable work Said Amir Arjomand presents a compelling account of the impact of messianism on the evolution of revolutionary movements in the histories of Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). He aims to rectify the longstanding neglect of Islam as both a revolutionary force and a catalyst for historical revolutionary endeavors.”

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Emergence of Apocalyptic Messianism from the Maccabean Nativist Revolution2. Muhammad’s Constitutive Revolution and Its Apocalyptic Roots3. Civil Wars and the Emergence of Apocalyptic Mahdism4. The Self-Destruction of the Umayyad Empire5. The Process of the Hashemite Revolution6. The Integrative and Centralizing Consequences of the Abbasid Realized Mahdism7. Apocalyptic Messianism in the Fatimid Revolution8. The Almohad Revolution of Mahdi Ibn Tumart and the Berbers9. The Islamicate Conceptions of RevolutionConcluding RemarksAbbreviationsReferencesIndex

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