Al-Ǧāḥiẓ and ‘Abd al-Ǧabbār on the Necessity of Imamate. A Note on the Fate of Mu‘tazilite Political Ideas

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The article is devoted to some aspects of the political theory of the eminent Arab thinker Al-Ǧāḥiẓ (d. 869), especially in the context of his influence on later generations of religious and political thinkers, in this case on Qāḍī ‘Abd al-Ǧabbār (d. 1025).
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Danecki Janusz, Al-Ǧāḥiẓ and ‘Abd al-Ǧabbār on the Necessity of Imamate. A Note on the Fate of Mu‘tazilite Political Ideas, Rocznik Orientalistyczny 64:1, 2011, pp. 153-164