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1 online resource (364 pages) |
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Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Ethics of War and Peace in Iran: Epic Literature, Philosophy, Theology, and Chivalry; 1 The Ethics of War and Peace in Epic Persian Literature: Shahnameh€of€Ferdowsi; 2 Iranian Classical Thinkers on War and Peace: A Select View; 3 War and Chivalry in the Annals of Iranian History and€Ethical€Imagination; 4 Modern Iranian Intellectuals on the Ethics of Enmity and€Nonviolence; Part II: The Jihad Jurisprudence: Its Developments and Critics in Iran |
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5 War and Peace in Shi'i Primary Narratives and Sources6 Traditional Shi'i Ethics of War and Peace Untested: Jihad, Ideology, Revolution, and War; 7 Postwar Revision and the Reconstruction of Modern Iranian-Shi'i Ethics of War and Peace; 8 Terrorism and Shi'i Theologies of Martyrdom, Nonviolence, and Forgiveness; 9 Diplomacy in between Nuclear Technology and Antibomb Theology; Conclusion: Beyond a Minority Mentality: The Emerging Shi'i-Iranian Cosmopolitanism |
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Appendix I: "Jihad": A Historical Overview of the Concept and Its Politics (English translation of an article published in the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, First Edition, Iran)Appendix II: "Jang" (war; Persian): Laws in War according to Twelver-Shi'i Jurisprudence (English translation of an article published in the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, First Edition, Iran); Appendix III: Iran's Official Position on War Crimes by Daesh; Appendix IV: Advice and Guiding to the Fighters on the Battlefields: A Shi'i Manual; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Ethics of War and Peace in Iran and Shi'i Islam explores the wide spectrum of theoretical approaches and practical attitudes concerning the justifications, causes and conduct of war in Iranian-Shi'i culture |
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Print version record |
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War -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Iran
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Peace -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Iran
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Peace -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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War -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Iran.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442629523 |
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1442629525 |
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