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Informationen zum Autor Majid Fakhry Klappentext A History of Islamic Philosophy by Majid Fakhry is the first comprehensive survey of Islamic philosophy from the seventh century to the present. It traces the development of Islamic philosophy and its impact on various aspects of Muslim cultural life. The book shows how! as the Islamic world began to confront foreign cultures! scholastic theology! known in Arabic as Kalam! arose as a direct byproduct of interaction with Greek philosophy and Christian theology. Mysticism (Arabic Sufism)! in both its extravagant form! as conditioned by Hindu thought! or its indigenous moderate form! is discussed at length.The book examines the rise of pan-Islamism in modern times and the many currents it has generated! including secularism and fundamentalism! which are still pitted against each other throughout the Muslim world. It also considers the way in which Islamic philosophy assimilated and expanded the Greek philosophical legacy! which eventually found its way to Western Europe after centuries of near-total oblivion. This third revised edition! which includes masterful translations of texts never before available in English! has been updated and expanded to reflect current events and recent Islamic scholarship. Zusammenfassung Fakhry discusses Islamic thought and its effect on the cultural aspects of Muslim life. In the final chapters! he examines the rise of pan-Islamism and the many currents it has generated in the last two centuries! including secularism and fundamentalism! which are still pitted against each other throughout the Muslim world. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Legacy of Greece! Alexandria! and the OrientI.The Near Eastern Scene in the Seventh CenturyII.The Translations of Philosophical TextsIII.Pre-Socratics! Peripatetics! and StoicsIV.Neo-Platonic Elements: The Apocryphal Theologia Aristotelis and the Liber de CausisV.Persian and Indian InfluencesEarly Political and Religious TensionsI.The Religio-Political FactionsII.The Rise of Islamic Scholasticism (Kal?m)Beginnings of Systematic Philosophical Writing in the Ninth CenturyI.The First Systematic Philosophical Writer in Islam: Al-Kind?II.The Rise of Naturalism and the Challenge to Islamic Dogma: Ibn Al-R?z?III.The Progress of Free Thought and Religious HeterodoxyThe Further Development of Islamic Neo-PlatonismI.Al-F?r?b?II.Ibn S?n?Neo-Pythagoreanism and the Popularization of the Philosophical SciencesI.Philosophy! the Handmaid of PoliticsII.The Mathematico-Philosophical Presuppositions of the BrethrenIII.The Cosmology and Metaphysics of the BrethrenIV.The Psychology and the Epistemology of the BrethrenV.ConclusionThe Diffusion of Philosophical Culture in the Tenth CenturyI.Ab? Hayy?n Al-Tauh?d?II.MiskawayhIII.Yahia b. 'Ad?The Interaction of Philosophy and DogmaI.The Eclipse of Theological RationalismII.The Ash'arite School and the Formulation of the Occasionalist Metaphysics of Atoms and AccidentsIII.The Systematic Refutation of Neo-Platonism: Al-Ghaz?l?The Rise and Development of Islamic Mysticism (S?fism)I.Ascetic OriginsII.Pantheistic Tendencies: Al-Bast?m? (or Al-Bist?m?)III.Synthesis and Systematization -Al-Ghaz?l? and Ibn 'Arab?IV.R?m?! Supreme Mystical PoetV.S?fi Orders: S?sim TodayThe Arab-Spanish Interlude and the Revival of PeripateticismI.Beginnings of Philosophical Speculation in Muslim Spain: Ibn Masarrah Al-Majr?t?! and Ibn B?jjahII.Ibn Tufayl and the Natural Progression of the Mind Toward TruthIII.Ibn Rushd and the Defense of AristotelianismPost-Avicennian Developments: Illumination and the Reaction against PeripateticisimI.Al-Suhraward?II.The Subsequent Development of Illuminationism: Sadr Al-D?n Al Sh?r?z? (Mulla Sadr?) and His SuccessorsIII.The Continuity of the Ishr?q? Tradition in PersiaTheological Reaction and ReconstructionI.Literalism and Neo-Hanbalism: Ibn Hazm! Ibn Taymiyah! and Muhammad B. 'Abdul-Wahh?bII.Moderation and Decline: F. D. Al-R...
