Title: A Short Introduction to Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism
Abstract: Part 1 The transmission of ancient philosophy and science: the Greek and Syriac languages the Persian and Indian languages. Part 2 Early religious and political conflicts: the political scene in the 7th century the rise of systematic theology (Kalam) the five fundamental principles of the Mu'tazilah. Part 3 The dawn of systematic philosophy and free thought in the 9th century: Al-Kindi Abu Bakr al-Razi the progress of free thought. Part 4 Neoplatonism and neopythagoreanism in the 10th and 11th centuries: Al-Farabi Ibn Sina the brethen of purity the diffusion of philosophical culture in the 10th century. Part 5 Interactions of philosophy and dogma: the eclipse of theological radicalism: the Islam assault on neoplatonism. Part 6 Philosophy and mysticism: ascetic beginnings pantheistic or unitary mysticism interactions of mysticism and neoplatonism. Part 7 The resurgence of peripatetic philospohy in al-Andalus: the beginnings of philosophical speculations in al-Andalus Ibn Bajjah Ibn Tufayl Ibn Rushd. Part 8 The progress of anti-rationalism and the onset of decline: Ibn Hazm and Ibn Taymiyah Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and his successors Ibn Khaldun of Tunis and his new philosophy of history. Illuminationalism (Ishraq) and the reconciltion of neoplatonism and sufism: Al-Suhrawardi Al-Shirazi (Mulla Sadra) and his successors. Part 10 Modern and contemporary trends: Islamic thought in India-Pakistan and SouthEast Asia the continuity of the Ishraqi tradition in Persia modernism and fundamentalism in the Muslim world today. Appendices: the cheif philosophical translations leading Mu'tazilite scholars.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Language: en
Type: book
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