The Limits of Discursive Interpretation - A Translation of Kit¿b i¿j¿z al-bay¿n f¿ tafs¿r Umm al-Kit¿b by ¿adr al-D¿n Q¿naw¿

The first annotated translation in English of this important medieval Islamic text.

About the author

Anthony F. Shaker holds a PhD from McGill University. He is the author of Modernity, Civilization and the Return to History (Vernon Press, 2017), Reintroducing Philosophy: Thinking as the Gathering of Civilization (Vernon Press, 2020) and Thinking in the Language of Reality (Xlibris, 2012, rev. 2015).

Summary

This is the first annotated translation of his magnum opus The Limits of Discursive Interpretation. The Translator's introduction and notes shed a detailed light on the linguistic sources of Q unaw i's lexicon. The Introduction also summarizes the key ideas of the book and explains their significance to philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony F Shaker, Anthony F. Shaker
• Assisted by: Anthony F Shaker (Translation)
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2024
• EAN: 9781800504165
• ISBN: 978-1-80050-416-5
• No. of pages: 558
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 1403 g
• Series: Monographs in Arabic and Islamic Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works