Resumen de Umayyad Ideology and the Recurrence of the Past

Abdulhadi Alajmi, Khaled Keshk

• español

  Este documento analiza el reinado de Umar b. Abd al-Aziz (Umar II) como el inicio del fin del poder de los Omeyas. Con ello nos referimos a las llamadas "reformas" de Umar II, que afectaron directamente a las herramientas de propaganda de los Omeyas, tales como la historia, la poesía y los debates, que fueron dañadas severamente. El documento demuestra fueron estas reformas y no de otras las que sobrevivieron a los Omeyas obstaculizando sus esfuerzos por mantener una hegemonía basada en la legitimidad.

• English

  This paper looks at the reign of Umar b. Abd al-Aziz (Umar II) as the beginning of the end of the Umayyad power. Here we are referring to the so-called "reforms" of Umar II, which directly impacted Umayyad propaganda tools; such as history, poetry, and polemics, were severally damaged. The paper shows that it was these reforms and none other, which outlasted the Umayyads by severally hampering their efforts at maintaining their hegemony on legitimacy.