Overview
- Fills a gap in the field by presenting research on analytic Islamic philosophy in a newly accessible textbook format
- Makes significant connections between historic Islamic texts and philosophy and contemporary debates within analytic philosophy
- Takes a pedagogically oriented approach to the topic, including chapter objectives, summaries, and essay questions to encourage further reading around the subject
Part of the book series: Palgrave Philosophy Today (PPT)
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This book is an introduction to Islamic Philosophy, beginning with its Medieval inception, right through to its more contemporary incarnations. Using the language and conceptual apparatus of contemporary Anglo-American ‘Analytic’ philosophy, this book represents a novel and creative attempt to rejuvenate Islamic Philosophy for a modern audience. It adopts a ‘rational reconstructive’ approach to the history of philosophy by affording maximum hermeneutical priority to the strongest possible interpretation of a philosopher’s arguments while also paying attention to the historical context in which they worked. The central canonical figures of Medieval Islamic Philosophy – al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Avicenna, al-Ghazali, Averroes – are presented chronologically along with an introduction to the central themes of Islamic theology and the Greek philosophical tradition they inherited. The book then briefly introduces what the author collectively refers to as the ‘Pre-Modern’ figures including Suhrawardi, Mulla Sadra, and Ibn Taymiyyah, and presents all of these thinkers, along with their Medieval predecessors, as forerunners to the more modern incarnation of Islamic Philosophy: Political Islam.
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Reviews
“Although such traditional figures as Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ghazzali, Ibn Rushd have been studied extensively, Anthony Booth’s analytical approach brings to light previously understudied aspects of these major figures. To unite the analytical side of several major Islamic philosophers in one volume is invaluable for students and scholars in the field.” (Mehdi Aminrazavi, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mary Washington, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Anthony Robert Booth is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sussex, UK. He has worked mainly on the Ethics of Belief in both the Western and Islamic traditions. He has published articles appearing in such journals as Journal of Philosophy, European Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Synthese. He also recently published Islamic Philosophy and the Ethics of Belief (2016) and co-edited Intuitions (2014).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Analytic Islamic Philosophy
Authors: Anthony Robert Booth
Series Title: Palgrave Philosophy Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54157-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54156-7Published: 09 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54157-4Published: 31 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-9339
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9347
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 222
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy, general, Islam, Non-Western Philosophy