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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816524003321

Autore

Azadpur Mohammad

Titolo

Reason unbound [[electronic resource] ] : on spiritual practice in Islamic peripatetic philosophy / / Mohammad Azadpur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3764-1

1-4619-0633-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions

Disciplina

181/.07

Soggetti

Islamic philosophy

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Islamic philosophy and the crisis of modern rationalism -- Beyond orientalism and academic rationalism : a critique of the standard readings of Islamic philosophy -- To the things themselves : Corbin and Heidegger on phenomenological access -- From the things themselves to prophecy : philosophical cultivation in Islamic peripateticism -- Disciplining the imagination : intellect, imagination, and prophecy -- The theologian's dream : imagination and intellectual heresy -- On human finitude, conscience, and exemplarity : a comparison between Islamic philosophy and phenomenology -- Importance of Islamic peripateticism for modern philosophy in the West and its impact on later Islamic philosophy.

Sommario/riassunto

A critique of the modern receptions of Islamic Peripatetic philosophy and a validation of the importance of Islamic philosophy for modern philosophy.