Intellectual Thought of Al-Ghazālī

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazālī (1058–1111) was one of the most influential philosophers of the classical Islamic period, with his intellectual innovations spanning the fields of theology, logic, and law. Despite this, contemporary assessments of Ghazālī often present him as hostile to rationality, and a guardian of dogma and orthodoxy. This study provides an innovative reassessment of Ghazālī's legacy, offering a compelling depiction of a reformer in his own time with increasing relevance to the issues gripping multicultural and globalized societies today. Ali Mirsepassi and Tadd Graham Fernée closely study Ghazālī's major Persian-language text Kīmīyā-e saʿādat (The Alchemy of Happiness) and its scholarly reception, alongside his lesser-read works, arguing that Ghazālī shared a message of reform, and critique of Abbasid institutions. Ghazālī's critical stance is revealed as both pragmatic and cosmopolitan in its recognition of autonomy from religion in many aspects of life, and in the value placed upon scientific contribution.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-19
Mått:157 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:551 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Middle East
Antal sidor:270
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009538169

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Mellanösterns historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Ali Mirsepassi is the Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University. He is co-editor of The Global Middle East, a book series published by Cambridge. Recent publications include The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran (2023), The Discovery of Iran: Taghi Arani, a Radical Cosmopolitan (2022) and Iran's Quiet Revolution: The Downfall of the Pahlavi State (Cambridge, 2019). Tadd Graham Fernée is a lecturer in legal methodology and institutions at Tours University, France. Fernée is author of Enlightenment and Violence (2014) and Beyond the Circle of Violence and Progress (2023), and co-author of Islam, Democracy and Cosmopolitanism (2014).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. The time and life of Ghazālī; 2. Reading Ghazālī in the West; 3. The poetic imagination and the politics of ambiguity; 4. The new orthodoxy in the academic study of Islam; 5. A path to reform: escape from madrasa; 6. A cosmopolitan reading of Ghazālī; 7. Ghazālī's practical ethics; Bibliography; Index.