The Sufi doctrine of man : Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi's metaphysical anthropology / / by Richard Todd

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463549003321
• Autore: Todd Richard <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 90-04-27126-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Collana: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, , 0169-8729 ; ; Volume 90
• Disciplina: 297.4092
• Soggetti: Theological anthropology - Islam; Sufis; Sufism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Life and Times -- Qūnawī’s Corpus -- Intellectual Currents and Debates -- Cosmology -- Man’s Metaphysical Origins -- The Human State -- Liberation -- The Reception of Qūnawī’s Thought -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Critical List of Qūnawī’s Works -- Appendix 2 Qūnawī’s Ijāzas to Farghānī and Jandī -- Appendix 3 Translated Excerpts from Qūnawī’s Epistemological Texts -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Sufi Doctrine of Man , Richard Todd examines the life and thought of Ibn 'Arabī's chief disciple, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (13th century C.E.). Making use of manuscript sources, he analyzes and contextualizes Qūnawī's esoteric vision of the nature and purpose of human existence, a doctrine which incorporates core elements of Qūnawī's metaphysics, cosmology, psychology, and eschatology. Qūnawī's thought is placed in relation to Ibn 'Arabī's and that of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā', and his interaction with the Avicennian tradition is explored by focusing on his dialogue with the philosopher al-Ṭūsī. Although not as famous as his master, Qūnawī is shown to have been a sophisticated metaphysician in his own right, who had a major impact on Sufi thought.