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The Political Aspects of Islamic Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Muhsin S. Mahdi (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs) - Softcover
This volume consists of nine essays on the political teaching of such Muslim philosophers as al-Kindi and al-Razi, as well as the more familiar al-Fārābī, Avicenna, lbn Bājjah, lbn Tufayl, and Averroes. It makes an important contribution to the study of Islamic philosophy, which has thus far emphasized the metaphysical and illuminationist doctrines of Islamic, and especially Iranian, philosophy, Muhsin Mahdi's exploration of how political questions are addressed by the philosophical tradition is perhaps his most important contribution to medieval Islamic studies. It is thus fitting that this book, intended to honor him on his sixty-fifth birthday, focuses exclusively on his specialty, and that these original essays are written by scholars who completed their post-graduate training under his supervision.
This book brings to light the political teaching of philosophers, who are usually considered totally apolitical. Responding to a long-recognized need, and charting a revolutionary course for future scholarship, it will appeal to students and scholars as well as to general readers seeking clarity about what lies behind current Islamic politics. Above all, this volume will be welcomed for its presentation of previously ignored material about particular thinkers and its rigorous analyses of key texts in Islamic philosophy.
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Charles E. Butterworth is Professor in the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland.
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- PublisherHarvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0932885071
- ISBN 13 9780932885074
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages416
- EditorButterworth Charles E.
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Book Description Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Small octavo, paper covers, 406 pp., index Inscribed by Hossein Zaia on the half-title page. Harvard Middle Eastern Manuscripts XXVII. Articles are "Al-Kindi and the Beginnings of Islamic Political Philosophy," Beuuerworth, "The Political Implications of al-Razi's Philosophy," Paul E. Walker, "The Theoretical and Practical Dimensions of Happiness as Portrayed in the Political Treatises of al-Farabi," Miriam Galston, "The Philsopher-Prophet in Avicenna's Political Philosophy," James W. Morris, "The Place of the Philosopher in the City According to Ibn Bajjah," Stephen Harvey, "The Political Thought of Ibn Tufayl," Hille Fradkin, "The Scope and Methods of TRhetoric in Avenrroes' Middel Commentary on Aristotle'sRhetoric," Michael Blaustein, "The Source and Nature of Authority: A Study of al-Suhrawardi's Illuminatist Political Doctrine," Hosein Ziai, "The Political Thought of Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi," John Walbridge, "The Writigns of Muhsin Mahdi.". Seller Inventory # 92433
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