Islamic and Arab philosophy

Sufism is often understood to be the mystical dimension of Islam, and many works have focused on the nature of "e;mystical experiences"e; and the relationship between man and God.

Combining a historical perspective that traces lines of continuity and change in Arab liberalism, an integrative discussion of cross-sectional themes, and a comparative analysis of the West, Turkey and Iran, this book seeks to enrich our knowledge of liberal thought in the Arab Middle East.

This book examines the works of Medieval Muslim philosophers interested in intercultural encounters and how receptive Islam is to foreign thought, to serve as a dialogical model, grounded in intercultural communications, for Islamic and Arabic education.

Here, Thierry Zarcone and Angela Hobart offer a vigorous and authoritative exploration of the link between Islam and shamanism in contemporary Muslim culture, examining how the old practice of shamanism was combined with elements of Sufism in order to adapt to wider Islamic society.

This highly original book presents an alternative vision of globalization and explores the epistemology, derived from the Qur'an and the Prophetic guidance Sunnah, that underpins the systemic unity at the heart of the Islamic concept of world-system.

Originally published in 1948.

This book introduces readers to Abu Bakr al-Razi (known in Latin as Rhazes), one of the most innovative and divisive figures of the early philosophical tradition in the Islamic world.

Each essay in this volume provides a cultural perspective on shame.

The modernist-apologetic approach to the relation between revelation and science and politics has been a central part of Arab discourses on the future of Muslim societies for over a century.

A History of the Islamic World, 600-1800 supplies a fresh and unique survey of the formation of the Islamic world and the key developments that characterize this broad region's history from late antiquity up to the beginning of the modern era.

This volume focuses on Islamic philosophy of religion with a range of contributions from analytic perspectives.

Scholars have come to recognize the importance of classical Islamic philosophy both in its own right and in its preservation of and engagement with Greek philosophical ideas.

This book examines the studies of Aristotle's Poetics and its related texts in which three Medieval philosophers - Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes - proposed a conception of poetic validity (beauty), and a just relation between subjects in a community (goodness).

Originally published in 1966, this was the first of Muhammad 'Abduh's works to be translated into English.

This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim scholar.

This is a major work of Islamic mysticism by the great thirteenth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar.

Supporting Modern Teaching in Islamic Schools: Pedagogical Best Practice for Teachers advocates the revamp of the madrasah system and a review of the Islamic curriculum across Muslim countries and emphasises training needs for Islamic teachers for modern instructional practice.

Al-Hujwiri came from Ghazna, now in Afghanistan, then the capital of the mighty Ghaznavid Empire.

The very first dedicated, comprehensive companion to medieval logic, covering both the Latin and Arabic sister traditions.

Dem Geheimnis "Gott" auf der SpurEinfühlsame Meditationen, die das vielgesichtige Wesen Gottes für den Alltag erschließen, mit 100 Kalligraphien von Shams Anwari-AlhosseyniDavid Steindl Rast ist einer der meist gelesenen spirituellen Autoren unserer Zeit und ein geschätzter Pionier im Dialog der Religionen.

Combining a historical perspective that traces lines of continuity and change in Arab liberalism, an integrative discussion of cross-sectional themes, and a comparative analysis of the West, Turkey and Iran, this book seeks to enrich our knowledge of liberal thought in the Arab Middle East.

A History of the Islamic World, 600-1800 supplies a fresh and unique survey of the formation of the Islamic world and the key developments that characterize this broad region's history from late antiquity up to the beginning of the modern era.

Diese begriffsgeschichtlich angelegte Arbeit verfolgt drei Ziele: zum einen in großem methodischen Bewusstsein für die Chancen und Tücken terminologischer Untersuchungen einen breiten Fächer von Bedeutungszuschreibungen zur arabischen visuellen Terminologie aufzuzeigen; zweitens auf der Grundlage einer detaillierten Analyse der einschlägigen Primärtexte auf die Signifikanz visueller Konzepte in der Diskussion verschiedener Bereiche der islamischen Kultur aufmerksam zu machen; schließlich aus einer transdisziplinären Perspektive das Zusammenspiel von (natur)philosophischen Vorstellungen vom Sehvorgang und visueller Semantik zu ergründen.

This volume offers an updated analysis of the use, meaning, and scope of the classical notion of aitia.

Diese begriffsgeschichtlich angelegte Arbeit verfolgt drei Ziele: zum einen in großem methodischen Bewusstsein für die Chancen und Tücken terminologischer Untersuchungen einen breiten Fächer von Bedeutungszuschreibungen zur arabischen visuellen Terminologie aufzuzeigen; zweitens auf der Grundlage einer detaillierten Analyse der einschlägigen Primärtexte auf die Signifikanz visueller Konzepte in der Diskussion verschiedener Bereiche der islamischen Kultur aufmerksam zu machen; schließlich aus einer transdisziplinären Perspektive das Zusammenspiel von (natur)philosophischen Vorstellungen vom Sehvorgang und visueller Semantik zu ergründen.

This book investigates the emergence and development of a distinct concept of self-awareness in pre-modern Islamic philosophy.

The influence of classical antiquity on the religious disciplines, theology, mysticism and law of Islam cannot be overestimated.

Originally published in 1958, this volume covers important aspects of Islamic history and culture: Arabia before the Prophet The Prophet The Koran and Islam The Caliphate From the Caliphate to the end of the Ottoman The Crusades The Maghreb Muslim Spain The Sharia Philosophy The Sciences Literature The Arts Problems of the Twentieth Century Arab World

This book, first published in 1957, is the study of 14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, who founded a special science to consider history and culture, based on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and their Muslim followers.

Abu'l-Barakat is a renowned philosopher of the Arabic-Jewish milieu who composed in his magnum opus the Kitab al-Mu'tabar, a comprehensive metaphysics which challenged the accepted notions of the traditional metaphysical philosophy.

This volume offers an updated analysis of the use, meaning, and scope of the classical notion of aitia.

Al-Sulami (d.

A common objective of saint veneration in all three Abrahamic religions is the recovery and perpetuation of the collective memory of the saint.

In Unknowing and the Everyday Seema Golestaneh examines how Sufi mystical experience in Iran shapes contemporary life.

Philips defends a middle ground between the view that there is a set of standards binding on rational beings as such (universalism) and the view that differences in morals reduce ultimately to matters of taste (skepticism).

Addressing the rupture between religious and social sciences in Arab universities, this book provides a critical assessment of the curricula of Shariah and Islamic Studies departments across the Arab World, arguing for increased interdisciplinary dialogue.

A fascinating insider's account of Sufi life in contemporary EgyptFor centuries Sufism-Islamic mysticism-held a major place in Islamic spirituality, intellectual life, and popular religion.

Michael Cook''s magnum opus charts the history of ''commanding right and forbidding wrong'' in Islamic thought.

Scholars have come to recognize the importance of classical Islamic philosophy both in its own right and in its preservation of and engagement with Greek philosophical ideas.

This book examines the philosophy of al-Ghazali, analysing his conception of God within Islamic theology.

Explores the emergence, florescence, decay, and rejuvenation of the Sunni saint cult and shrine-complex of Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad-i Jam over nine-hundred years.

In Rescuing Humanity, Willem H.