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Authority without territory : the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili imamate

Title: Authority without territory : the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili imamate / Daryoush Mohammad Poor.
Author: Mohammad Poor, Daryoush, 1975-
Publication: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Description

xvi, 258 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world

Uniform Title

Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Max Weber, Authority and Leadership -- 2. Imamate and the Question of Authority in Muslim and Shi?i 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.

Call Number

JFD 14-5434

ISBN

9781137428790 (hardback)
1137428791 (hardback)

LCCN

2014013057
40024209771

OCLC

893160642

Author

Mohammad Poor, Daryoush, 1975- author.

Title

Authority without territory : the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili imamate / Daryoush Mohammad Poor.

Publisher

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world

Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40024209771

Research Call Number

JFD 14-5434

JFD 14-5424

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