Open to Reason - Muslim Philosophers in Conversation With the Western Tradition

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About the author

Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a professor in the departments of French and philosophy at Columbia University. His books in English include African Art as Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson, and the Idea of Negritude (2011) and The Ink of the Scholars: Reflections on Philosophy in Africa (2016).

Summary

Open to Reason traces Muslims’ long intellectual and spiritual history of questioning to show how Islamic philosophy has always engaged critically with texts and ideas both inside and outside its tradition. Through a rich reading of classical and modern Muslim philosophers, Souleymane Bachir Diagne explains their relevance to our own time.

Product details

• Authors: Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Diagne Souleymane Bachir
• Assisted by: Jonathan Adjemian (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2023
• EAN: 9780231185479
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18547-9
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Religion, Culture, and Public Life
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / History, Islamic Studies, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy