MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02976cam a22003978i 4500
001 2014013057
003 DLC
005 20151203075920.0
008 140722s2014 nyu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2014013057
020 $a9781137428790 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBP195.I8$bM65 2014
082 00 $a297.8/22$223
084 $aPOL025000$aPOL042000$aREL037000$aSOC048000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMohammad Poor, Daryoush,$d1975-
245 10 $aAuthority without territory :$bthe Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili imamate /$cDaryoush Mohammad Poor.
263 $a1410
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aLiteratures and cultures of the Islamic world
520 $a"The Ismaili imamate's in the 21st century is particularly characterized by a shift in authority and its style of leadership. This shift is specifically embodied in the institutionalization of the office of imamate, most visibly reflected in the activities of the Aga Khan Development Network, a bifocal leadership of the Imam, which focuses on both the faith and the world without abandoning or downplaying one for the sake of the other. The Ismaili imamate and Community have been decoupled from territorial nation-state and they are not defined or directed by nationalistic or narrow identity-centered ideologies. While retaining elements from traditional, charismatic and legal-bureaucratic ideal-types, the Ismaili imamate surpasses the barriers and restrictions of the Weberian ideal-types and represents a novel image of a Shia Muslim community which has successfully adapted to modernity without losing its essential values or ethical commitments. The intellectual and rational dimensions of Ismailism inherited from their history have critically shaped the existing conditions of Ismailism, under the leadership of Aga Khan IV"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aIsmailites.
600 00 $aAga Khan$bIV,$d1936-
610 20 $aAga Khan Development Network.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Islam / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/790/9781137428790/image/lgcover.9781137428790.jpg