Islam and the Third Universal Theory: The Religious Thought of Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi (Routledge Library Editions: Islam, State and Society)

This volume, first published in 1987, was the first to examine in depth the religious thought of Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi and its central place in his political, social and economic theories. The work is based on sources inaccessible except in the original Arabic. While drawn from Islamic concepts and sources, Qadhdhafi's religious views were original. His religious openness and universal view of Islam and other monotheistic religions in particular will be surprising to those familiar with only the image associated with him in the Western mind. This title is a useful source for students of both politics and Islamic studies. Semantics and semiology are two of the most important branches of linguistics and have proven to be fecund areas for research. They examine language structures and how they are dictated by both the meanings and forms of communication employed -- semantics by focusing on the denotation of words and fixed word combinations, and semiology by studying sign and sign processes. As numerous interrelated fields connect to and sub-disciplines branch off from these major spheres, they are essential to a thorough grounding in linguistics and crucial for further study.'Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology' collects together wide-ranging works of scholarship that together provide a comprehensive overview of the preceding theoretical landscape, and expand and extend it in numerous directions. A number of interrelated disciplines are also discussed in conjunction with semantics and semiology such as anaphora, pragmatics, syntax, discourse analysis and the philosophy of language. This set reissues 14 books originally published between 1960 to 2000 and will be of interest to students of linguistics and the philosophy of language. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Qadhdhafi's Dream -- Qadhdhafi's Background and Youth -- The 'al-Fatih' Revolution -- 2 Qadhdhafi's Vision, The Green Book -- Libya before The Green Book -- The Green Book 1: Solving the Problem of Democracy -- The Green Book 2: Solving the Economic Problem -- The Green Book 3: Solving the Problem of Society -- 3 Qadhdhafi's Faith -- Islam and the Universality of Faith -- The Law of Society: the Qur'an and Prophetic Tradition -- Islam and the Political Challenge Islam And The New Socialism -- 4 Qadhdhafi's Ideology -- Religion And Nationalism As Movers Of History -- The Arab Nation: Its Role And Mission -- Religion And Nationalism: The Problem Of Minorities -- 5 Qadhdhafi's Image -- Qadhdhafi's Roots -- Qadhdhafi's Image In The Arab World -- Qadhdhafi's Image In The West -- Bibliography -- Index The seven volumes in this set, originally published between 1923 and 1987, explore the influence of Islam on law, politics, science, and development in the Muslim world. This set will be of interest to students of both Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. "The peasants' loss of property rights as interpreted in the Hanafite legal literature of the Mamluk and Ottoman periods."