Islamic Philosophy and Theology: Legacies, translations, and prototypes
Author : Ian Richard Netton
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415343947
Author : Ian Richard Netton
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415343947
Author : Elizabeth Sirriyeh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,27 MB
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0857738208
People in Western societies have long been interested in their dreams and what they mean. However, few non-Muslims in the West are likely to seek interpretation of those dreams to help them make life-changing decisions. In the Islamic world the situation is quite different. Dreaming and the import of visions are here of enormous significance, to the degree that many Muslims believe that in their dreams they are receiving divine guidance: for example, on whether or not to accept a marriage proposal, or a new job opportunity. In her authoritative new book, Elizabeth Sirriyeh offers the first concerted history of the rise of dream interpretation in Islamic culture, from medieval times to the present. Central to the book is the figure of the Prophet Muhammad - seen to represent for Muslims the perfect dreamer, visionary and interpreter of dreams. Less benignly, dreams have been exploited in the propaganda of Islamic militants in Afghanistan, and in apocalyptic visions relating to the 9/11 attacks. This timely volume gives an important, fascinating and overlooked subject the exploration it has long deserved.
Author : Josef van Ess
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 2742 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9004336486
Kleine Schriften, written by the eminent German scholar of Islamic Studies Josef van Ess, is a unique collection of Van Ess' widely scattered short writings, journal articles, encyclopaedia entries, (autobiographical) essays, reviews and lectures, in (mainly) German, English and French, some of which are published here for the first time. It includes a full bibliography of the author’s work, in addition to two indexes of classical authors and works, which aim to make accessible the remarkable riches that these Kleine Schriften have to offer. The three-volume collection, carefully selected by the author himself, offers over 150 texts organized primarily along Van Ess’ own biography and the history of the discipline. It is divided into twelve parts, beginning with Tübingen where his career began in 1968, and ending with Retrospects and Postscripts for the future, with the thematic complexes Islam and its first options and Muʿtazila as centre pieces. All parts are introduced by brief accounts of the historical context in which each of the assembled texts was written and which course subsequent scholarship may have taken.
Author : Dr Benjamin Isakhan
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1409461157
This book proposes a significant reassessment of the history of Iraq, documenting democratic experiences from ancient Mesopotamia through to the US occupation. Such an analysis takes to task claims that the 'West' has a uniquely democratic history and a responsibility to spread democracy across the world. It also reveals that Iraq has a democratic history all of its own, from ancient Middle Eastern assemblies and classical Islamic theology and philosophy, through to the myriad political parties, newspapers and protest movements of more recent times. This book argues that the democratic history of Iraq could serve as a powerful political and discursive tool where the Iraqi people may come to feel a sense of ownership over democracy and take pride in endorsing it. This could go a long way towards mitigating the current conflicts across the nation and in stabilizing and legitimating its troubled democracy. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and referring to some of the most influential critical theorists to question ideological assumptions about democracy and its history, this book is useful to those interested in political and legal history, human rights and democracy.
Author : Benjamin Isakhan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1317153103
This book proposes a significant reassessment of the history of Iraq, documenting democratic experiences from ancient Mesopotamia through to the US occupation. Such an analysis takes to task claims that the 'West' has a uniquely democratic history and a responsibility to spread democracy across the world. It also reveals that Iraq has a democratic history all of its own, from ancient Middle Eastern assemblies and classical Islamic theology and philosophy, through to the myriad political parties, newspapers and protest movements of more recent times. This book argues that the democratic history of Iraq could serve as a powerful political and discursive tool where the Iraqi people may come to feel a sense of ownership over democracy and take pride in endorsing it. This could go a long way towards mitigating the current conflicts across the nation and in stabilizing and legitimating its troubled democracy. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and referring to some of the most influential critical theorists to question ideological assumptions about democracy and its history, this book is useful to those interested in political and legal history, human rights and democracy.
Author : Averroes Averroes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780265215234
Excerpt from The Philosophy and Theology of Averroes: Tractata Translated From the Arabic Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : AVERROES. AVERROES
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,86 MB
Release : 2018
Category :
ISBN : 9781033172209
Author : Hans Daiber
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 39,43 MB
Release : 2012-08-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004222278
The monograph aims at a historical and bibliographical survey of the qur??nic and rational world-view of early Islam, of the period of translations from Greek into Syriac and Arabic, and of the impact of Islamic thought on Europe.
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Page : 1132 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : American literature
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 22,70 MB
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198858140
The epistles in this volume deal with life and death, pleasure and pain, and the diversity of languages. Written in a lively and genial style, they are less technical than other epistles in the Rasā'il. While drawing on antiquity and early Islamic teachings, they are often playful, enlivening their arguments with fables and parables.