Islamic Humanism

Neuausgabe 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-513580-0
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

This text is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic, rational, and scientific discourses in the quest for knowledge, meaning, and values.

This text is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic, rational, and scientific discourses in the quest for knowledge, meaning, and values. Drawing on a wide range of Islamic writings, from love poetry to history to philosophical theology, Goodman shows that medieval Islam was open to individualism, occasional secularism, skepticism, even liberalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodman, Lenn Evan

Goodman, Lenn E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

(Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, USA)