Popular Sovereignty, Islam, and Democracy

This article examines the idea that Islam’s rejection of popular sovereignty makes it incompatible with democracy. I show instead that sovereignty (“absolute despotic power,” popular or otherwise) is a sterile, pedantic, abstruse, formalistic, and legalistic concept, and that democracy should be se...

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Autor principal: Glenn E. Perry
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/f6bb15979f1244ce904ab96aeb2bf2b9
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