Islam and Good Governance

M. A. Muqtedar Khan is Professor at the University of Delaware, USA. He is a scholar of Islamic Thought, Governance and International Relations.

• 1. Chapter 1 Introduction: The Quest for a Political Philosophy of Ihsan.- 2. Chapter 2 Loss of Ihsan.- 3. Chapter 3 Islam as Identity: After a Century of Islamic Revivalism.- 4. Chapter 4 Ihsan: Classical and Contemporary Understanding.- 5. Chapter 5 Unveiling Ihsan: From Cosmic View to Worldview.- 6. Chapter 6 Islamic Political Philosophy: A Critical Genealogy.- 7. Chapter 7 Ihsan and Good Governance.- 8. Chapter 8 Closing Thoughts

“This book is a feat in interdisciplinary scholarship for coming up with an alternative paradigm for Islamic political philosophy by its reconstruction of the concept of Ihsan.” (Owais Manzoor Dar, Arab Law Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2022)