Authority by persuasion : power relations in al-Suyūṭī's legal opinion on scharly stipends -- Authority by association : consensus vs. ignorance in al-Suyūṭī 's legal opinion on logic -- Authority by articulation : the language of religious revival and reform in al-Suyūṭī 's Tajdīd genre -- Authority by aggregation and abstraction : the pragmatics of communication in al-Suyūṭī 's book on legal precepts -- Authority by allusion : the legacy of al-Suyūṭī in contemporary Egypt -- Conclusion
Summary
This book looks at the thought of a key figure in Islamic history from the vantage point of different forms of authority. In addition to providing detailed textual analysis of al-Suyuti's legal writing in its historical context, the study also connects the pre-modern figure to contemporary debates in post-2011 Egypt
