Authority in Islam مقدمة ومراجعة

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Perhaps the most important aspect of Dabashi's research is that by using the historical example of Islam, he has opened new doors in dealing with social sciences in general, and particularly with the Weberian school, and with the history of sects and social transformations in non-Western societies. The system of Shiism is not a precise embodiment of Weber's theory regarding the "routinization" of ethos, but Dabashi's research is an opening of a new door in understanding social sciences from the perspective of the Weberian school on one hand, and the functioning of power in social transformations on the other. This is because such a vision—which was contrary to the theory of the Arabs and the cultural-political view of the Jahiliyyah era regarding the selection of a successor and the priority of "asabiyyah" (tribal solidarity) and loyalty to the tribe—did not place the reconstruction of society solely on the basis of Islamic principles. The selection of Abu Bakr and the criteria that led to the caliphate of this Quraysh leader were rooted in the traditions of the Jahiliyyah era, and thus spoke to the continuity of the political culture before Islam. In the eight chapters of his book, Dabashi first examines the Weberian method with respect to the political culture of the Arabs in the Jahiliyyah era and the emergence of the Muhammadan movement, and then examines three cases: Sunnism, Shiism, and the Kharijite movement, identifying the manner of power cohesion in each of these three models of Islam.