“Meka” i “tvrda” moć u islamskoj literaturi političkih saveta: Saveti vladarima Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqe i Ibn al-Muqaffe u poređenju s onima koje je dao Machiavelli / “Soft” and “Hard” Power in Islamic Political Advice Literature: Counsels to Rulers by Ibn al-Ṭiqṭ

Prijevodi / Translations

Authors

  • Vasileios Syros University of Cambridge, Clare Hall/Univerzitet u Cambridge, Clare Hall

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46352/23036974.2021.231

Keywords:

Islamic political thought, medieval political advice literature, mirrors for princes, soft and hard power, Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqā, Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, Ibn Khaldūn, Niccolò Machiavelli

Abstract

This article explores how modern leadership theories revolving around the distinction between “soft” and “hard” power are prefigured in medieval Islamic political writing. In particular, it advances a new interpretation of Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqā’s al-Fakhrī (On the Systems of Government and Muslim Dynasties, 701/1302), focusing on the Arab historian’s narrative about the factors that resulted in the decline of the ‘Abbasid Empire and the rise of the Mongols as a world power. It also discusses Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqā’s ideas on good government, drawing links to other major Muslim political theorists and historians, notably Ibn al-Muqaffa‘ and Ibn Khaldūn. Finally, this study examines Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqā’s views on successful and failed leadership in a cross-cultural context through comparison with Niccolò Machiavelli’s Prince.

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Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

Syros, V. (2021). “Meka” i “tvrda” moć u islamskoj literaturi političkih saveta: Saveti vladarima Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqe i Ibn al-Muqaffe u poređenju s onima koje je dao Machiavelli / “Soft” and “Hard” Power in Islamic Political Advice Literature: Counsels to Rulers by Ibn al-Ṭiqṭ: Prijevodi / Translations. Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo (History, History of Art, Archeology) / Radovi (Historija, Historija Umjetnosti, Arheologija), ISSN 2303-6974 on-Line, 8, 231–258. https://doi.org/10.46352/23036974.2021.231

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