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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962899503321

Autore

Dagli Caner K.

Titolo

Ibn al-'Arabic and Islamic intellectual culture : from mysticism to philosophy / / Caner K. Dagli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-77094-6

1-317-67390-5

1-317-67391-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages)

Collana

Routledge Sufi Series ; ; 18

Disciplina

297.4092

Soggetti

Sufis

Sufism - History

Islamic philosophy - History

Islamic Empire Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Theoretical considerations: cutting the pie of mysticism, philosophy, and theology -- 2. Setting the stage for the school of Ibn al-Arab -- 3. Metaphysical preliminaries -- 4. Qnaw's metaphysics -- 5. Jand's use of wujd and related concepts -- 6.  Kashan: conditioning and proving God's existence -- 7. Qay ar and the centrality of existence.

Sommario/riassunto

Ibn al-'Arabī (d. 1240) was one of the towering figures of Islamic intellectual history, and among Sufis still bears the title of al-shaykh al-akbar , or "the greatest master." Ibn al-'Arabī and Islamic Intellectual Culture traces the history of the concept of "oneness of being" ( wahdat al-wujūd ) in the school of Ibn al- 'Arabī, in order to explore the relationship between mysticism and philosophy in Islamic intellectual life. It examines how the conceptual language used by early mystical writers became increasingly engaged over time with the broader Islamic intellectual culture, eventually becoming integrated with the latter's common philosophical and theological vocabulary. It focuses on four successive generations of thinkers (Sadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Mu'ayyad al-Dīn al-Jandī, 'Abd al-Razzāq al-Kāshānī, and Dāwūd al-Qaysarī), and examines how these "philosopher-mystics" refined and developed the



ideas of Ibn al-'Arabī. Through a close analysis of texts, the book clearly traces the crystallization of an influential school of thought in Islamic history and its place in the broader intellectual culture. Offering an exploration of the development of Sufi expression and thought, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Islamic thought, philosophy, and mysticism.