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050 00 $aJA84.M53$bD37 2013
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100 1 $aDarling, Linda T.,$d1945-
245 12 $aA history of social justice and political power in the Middle East :$bthe Circle of Justice from Mesopotamia to globalization /$cLinda T. Darling.
260 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2013.
300 $axiv, 399 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the Circle of Justice -- Mesopotamia: "that the strong might not oppress the weak" -- Persia: "the deeds god likes best are righteousness and justice" -- The Islamic Empire: "no prosperity without justice and good administration" -- Politics in transition: "curb the strong from riding on the weak" -- The Turks and Islamic civilization: "the most penetrating of arrows is the prayer of the oppressed" -- Mongols and Turks: "fierce toward offenders, and in judgements just" -- Early modern empires: "the world is a garden, its wall is the state" -- Modernization and revolution: "no justice without law applied equally to all" -- The Middle East in the twentieth century: "a regime can endure with impiety but not with injustice" -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aPolitical science$zMiddle East$xPhilosophy$xHistory.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zMiddle East$xHistory.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)$zMiddle East$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial justice$zMiddle East$xHistory.
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