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03144aam a2200421 i 4500 001 EA2F51D4957111E48BB50097DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150106010110 008 140722s2014 nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2014013057 020 $a 1137428791 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137428790 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)881656040 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d NhCcYBP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BP195.I8 $b P66 2014 082 04 $a 297.8/22 $2 23 084 $a SOC048000 $a POL042000 $a REL037000 $a SOC048000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Mohammad Poor, Daryoush, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Authority without territory : $b the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili imamate / $c Daryoush Mohammad Poor. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2014. 300 $a xvi, 258 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world 520 $a "The Ismaili imamate's in the 21st century is particularly characterized by a shift in authority and its style of leadership. This shift is specifically embodied in the institutionalization of the office of imamate, most visibly reflected in the activities of the Aga Khan Development Network, a bifocal leadership of the Imam, which focuses on both the faith and the world without abandoning or downplaying one for the sake of the other. The Ismaili imamate and Community have been decoupled from territorial nation-state and they are not defined or directed by nationalistic or narrow identity-centered ideologies. While retaining elements from traditional, charismatic and legal-bureaucratic ideal-types, the Ismaili imamate surpasses the barriers and restrictions of the Weberian ideal-types and represents a novel image of a Shia Muslim community which has successfully adapted to modernity without losing its essential values or ethical commitments. The intellectual and rational dimensions of Ismailism inherited from their history have critically shaped the existing conditions of Ismailism, under the leadership of Aga Khan IV"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Max Weber, Authority and Leadership -- 2. Imamate and the Question of Authority in Muslim and Shi?i Contexts -- 3. The Aga Khan: A Visionary Leader -- 4. The AKDN: An overview of the Ismaili imamate's Institutional Endeavors -- 5. Hybrid Leadership and the Case of the Ismaili Imamate -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Ismailites. 600 00 $a Aga Khan $b IV, $d 1936- 610 20 $a Aga Khan Development Network. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a RELIGION / Islam / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217031857.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA2F51D4957111E48BB50097DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search