Thesis Summary
Shahrur treats hākimiyya as a modern political concept, and holds that the tradition conflated it with ruling and command, which led to confusion in understanding it.
Foundational Atoms
Place of Reliance in the Book
This meaning emerges at the beginning of the book in the critique of the traditional reading, and in the first section in the discussion of expression and learning.
Limits of the Reading
The connection here is between the critique of concepts and the cognitive dimension, and is no more than a limited summary of the available evidence.