CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON REVELATION & QUR’ANIC HERMENEUTICS: AN ANALYSIS OF FOUR DISCOURSES. By AliAkbar. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. Pp. viii + 192. Hardback, £80.00.

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-240
Keyword(s):  
Four Discourses

Art. XX.—The Chahár Maqála (“Four Discourses”) of Nidhámí-i-'Arúḍi-i-Samarqandí

1899 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-845
Author(s):  
Edward G. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Central Point ◽  
One Year ◽  
Four Discourses

They relate thus, that Naṣr b. Aḥmad, who was the central point of the Sámánid group, whose fortunes reached their zenith during the days of his rule, was most plenteously equipped with every means of enjoyment and material of splendour—well-filled treasuries, an efficient army, and loyal servants. In winter he used to reside at Bukhárá, his capital, while in summer he used to go to Samarqand or some other of the cities of Khurásán. Now one year it was the turn of Herat. He spent the spring at Bádghís, where are the most charming pasture-grounds of Khurásán and 'Iráq, for there are nearly a thousand watercourses abounding in water and pasture, any one of which would suffice for an army.

Empire—A World History

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-88
Author(s):  
Peter Fibiger Bang
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
World History ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
The Other ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Us ◽  
Third Millennium Bce ◽  
Four Discourses

This chapter attempts a synthesis of the imperial experience in world history. Setting out from an in-depth comparison of two incidents, one from the US occupation of Iraq, the other from the Jewish uprising against Nero (66–70 CE), cooperation with local elites is identified as the key to imperial government. The chapter proceeds to discuss current definitions of empire, followed by a wide-ranging survey of modern theories of empire. Most of these can be grouped within four discourses that originate in societal debates from the early 1900s: about monopoly, capitalism and empire; about empire as predatory networks of aristocratic elites; about empire and national identity; and about geopolitics and the balance of power. These four theoretical discourses provide the four dimensions of an analytical matrix that, finally, structure an attempt at synthesizing the imperial experience in world history, from the third millennium BCE Levantine Bronze Age until the present.

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