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Informationen zum Autor Samer Akkach is Senior Lecturer in Architecture, History, and Theory, and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA) at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Klappentext In this unique look at a key figure in the Islamic enlightenment, Samer Akkach examines the life and works of 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (1641-1731) of Damascus: a contemporary of many major thinkers, scientists, poets, and philosophers of the European Enlightenment. Often characterized solely as a Sufi saint, his thought and teachings were of a much wider remit. Through a fresh reading of his unpublished biographical sources and large body of mostly unpublished works, Akkach examines early expressions of rationalism among Arab and Turkish scholars, and argues that 'Abd al-Ghani helped herald the beginning of modernity in the Arab world. Zusammenfassung In this unique look at a key figure in the Islamic enlightenment, Samer Akkach examines the life and works of ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi of Damascus. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION Unresolved Dilemma Approach PART I HIS LIFE: A VIEW FROM WITHIN Saintly Predictions A Family with One Saint Calculated Performance Spiritual Call On the Sufi Path Journeys PART II HIS THOUGHT: A VIEW FROM WITHOUT Heavenly Inspirations, Rational Insights Faith and Reason Enlightenment and the Primacy of Reason Islam and the Continuity of Tradition God in a Mechanical Universe The Human Reality Religion and Otherness The Emergence of the Public PART III HIS LEGACY: A VIEW FROM A DISTANCE Departing Damascus An Advocate of Truth Biographical Sources Selected Bibliography Index
