Meisami Knowledge and Power in the Philosophies of ?amid al-Din Kirmani and Mulla ?adra Shirazi

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-71192-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 227 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book is a comparative study of two major Shi?i thinkers ?amid al-Din Kirmani from the Fatimid Egypt and Mulla ?adra from the Safavid Iran, demonstrating the mutual empowerment of discourses on knowledge formation and religio-political authority in certain Isma?ili and Twelver contexts. The book investigates concepts, narratives, and arguments that have contributed to the generation and development of the discourse on the absolute authority of the imam and his representatives. To demonstrate this, key passages from primary texts in Arabic and Persian are translated and closely analyzed to highlight the synthesis of philosophical, Sufi, theological, and scriptural discourses. The book also discusses the discursive influence of Na?ir al-Din ?usi as a key to the transmission of Isma?ili narratives of knowledge and authority to later Shi?i philosophy and its continuation to modern and contemporary times particularly in the narrative of the guardianship of the jurist in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meisami, Sayeh

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction.- CHAPTER TWO: H?amid al-Din Kirmani on the Human Soul and Knowledge.-CHAPTER THREE: Kirmani’s Discourse on the Imamate and its Influence.- CHAPTER FOUR: Mulla S?adra on Knowledge and the Imamate.- CHAPTER FIVE: Mulla S?adra’s Legacy and Concluding Remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Sayeh Meisami is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Dayton in Ohio, USA. She has also taught at the University of Toronto and Queen’s University in Canada. She published Mulla Sadra in 2013 and has several journal articles in the area of Islamic philosophy and religion.