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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mohammad Poor, Daryoush (1975-....)
Titre(s) : Authority without territory [Texte imprimé] : the Aga Khan development network and the Ismaili imamate / Daryoush Mohammad Poor
Publication : New York : Palgrave Macmillan, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : xvi, 238 pages ; 23 cm
Collection : Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world
Lien à la collection : Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world
Comprend : Introduction ; 1. Max Weber, authority and leadership ; 2. Imamate and the question
of authority in Muslim and Shiʻi contexts ; 3. The Aga Khan: a visionary leader
; 4. The AKDN: an overview of the Ismaili imamate's institutional endeavors ; 5.
Hybrid leadership and the case of the Ismaili Imamate ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"The Ismaili imamate's in the 21st century is particularly characterized by a shift
in authority and its style of leadership. This shift is specifically embodied in the
institutionalization of the office of imamate, most visibly reflected in the activities
of the Aga Khan Development Network, a bifocal leadership of the Imam, which focuses
on both the faith and the world without abandoning or downplaying one for the sake
of the other. The Ismaili imamate and Community have been decoupled from territorial
nation-state and they are not defined or directed by nationalistic or narrow identity-centered
ideologies. While retaining elements from traditional, charismatic and legal-bureaucratic
ideal-types, the Ismaili imamate surpasses the barriers and restrictions of the Weberian
ideal-types and represents a novel image of a Shia Muslim community which has successfully
adapted to modernity without losing its essential values or ethical commitments. The
intellectual and rational dimensions of Ismailism inherited from their history have
critically shaped the existing conditions of Ismailism, under the leadership of Aga
Khan IV"
Sujet(s) : Imāmat -- 1945-....
Leadership -- Religion -- Islam -- 1945-....
Ismaéliens -- Histoire
Aga Khan development network -- 1945-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781137428790 (hardback). - ISBN 1137428791 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44371341n
Notice n° :
FRBNF44371341
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