Political Vision of the Qur’an: Some Preliminary Remarks
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2025-10-30
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This study aims to establish a comprehensive framework for examining political thought in the Qurʾan. By defining the concept of Islamic political thought and illustrating its reliance on the Qurʾan as a primary source, this research will highlight the methodological considerations essential for interpreting the Qurʾan as a political document. The study will also incorporate recent advancements in Qurʾanic studies and early Islamic history to support the argument for directly engaging with the Qurʾan to uncover its political message and will explore the political dimensions of Islam, including the role of apocalypticism, the concept of a world-state, and the significance of warfare as depicted in the Qurʾan.
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Rasoul Namazi
Rasoul Namazi's research focuses on the comparative analysis of Islamic and Western political thought. His book, Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2022), received the Delba Winthrop Award for Excellence in Political Science and was the subject of a symposium in The Review of Politics. This work offers a comprehensive study of Leo Strauss’s writings on Islamic political thought. He is also the co-editor of Leo Strauss on Religion: Writings and Interpretations (SUNY Press, 2024).
Namazi's research has appeared in Comparative Political Theory, Review of Politics, Journal of Religion, Perspectives on Political Science, American Political Thought, Iranian Studies, Interpretation, Renaissance & Reformation, and Eurorient, as well as in several edited volumes.
A laureate of the Prix Raymond Aron, Namazi received his Ph.D. in Political Theory from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Before joining Duke Kunshan University, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2019–2021) and a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago (2016–2018).
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