Ibn al-'Arabi and Islamic Intellectual Culture

Ibn al-''Arabī (d. 1240) was one of the towering figures of Islamic intellectual history, and among Sufis still bears the title of al-shaykh al-akbar, or "the greatest master."

Ibn al-''Arabī and Islamic Intellectual Culture traces the history of the concept of "oneness of being" (wahdat al-wujūd) in the school of Ibn al- ''Arabī, in order to explore the relationship between mysticism and philosop...