The Crisis of Political Legitimacy
Western Liberal and Islamic Political Thought in an Age of Convergent CrisisBy Dr Naim Tahir Baig
Length14h 2m
About this audiobook
The Crisis of Political Legitimacy by Dr. Naim Tahir Baig argues Western liberal and Islamic traditions share a legitimacy crisis, not a clash of civilizations. Both face the “grounding problem”: inability to base sovereignty beyond itself. Liberal democracy relies on popular will but risks circularity; Islamic thought on divine sovereignty without clear interpretive theory for plural states. Evidence: democratic backsliding in the West, theocratic collapse in Iran. Neither is monolithic; each holds resources for the other—Islamic shura and public interest for post-liberal legitimacy; Western natural law for Islamic reform. A post-Orientalism comparative theory mapping paths to reconstruction.
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GenrePolitics and Government, Philosophy
Length14 hrs 2 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Dedication
3Epigraph
4PREFACE
5INTRODUCTION | The 2026 Moment
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6CHAPTER 1 | Method — Comparative Political Theory After Orientalism
7CHAPTER 2 | The Internal Plurality of Western Political Thought
8CHAPTER 3 | The Internal Plurality of Islamic Political Thought
9CHAPTER 4 | Sovereignty — Ḥākimiyya and the Modern State
10CHAPTER 5 | Law — Constitutionalism, Sharia, and the Limits of Codification
11CHAPTER 6 | Rights, Persons, and Communities
12CHAPTER 7 | Secularism as a Contested Category
13CHAPTER 8 | The 2026 Convergence: Technology, Authoritarianism, and the Crisis of the Human
14CHAPTER 9 | Resources for Reconstruction
15CONCLUSION | Beyond the Clash
16APPENDICES
17BIBLIOGRAPHY
18Sign up for Dr Naim Tahir Baig's Mailing List
19Further Reading: What If Iran Conducts Nuclear Tests?
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21About the Author
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