Middle East Philosophy Books

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1. Being Human in Islam: The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview

   By Damian Howard

   Islamic anthropology is relatively seldom treated as a particular concern even though much of the contemporary debate on the modernisation of Islam, its acceptance of human rights and democracy, makes implicit assumptions about the way Muslims conceive of the human being. This examination of...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-60368-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. The Making of the Arab Intellectual: Empire, Public Sphere and the Colonial Coordinates of Selfhood

   Edited by Dyala Hamzah

   This book examines the rise and development of the Arab intellectual under colonial rule through to independence. It includes coverage of a number of states and individuals including liberals, radical secularists and salafi intellectuals....

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-48834-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations

   By Chiara Bottici, Benoît Challand

   While globalization unifies the world, divisions re-emerge within it in the form of a spectacular separation between Islam and the West. How can it be that Huntington’s contested idea of a clash of civilizations became such a powerful political myth through which so many people look at the world?...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-57327-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Islamic Ethics: Divine Command Theory in Arabo-Islamic Thought

   By Mariam al-Attar

   This book explores philosophical ethics in Arabo-Islamic thought. Examining the meaning, origin and development of "Divine Command Theory", it underscores the philosophical bases of religious fundamentalism that hinder social development and hamper dialogue between different cultures and nations....

   March 2010 | 978-0-415-55519-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Al-Ghazali, Averroes and the Interpretation of the Qur'an: Common Sense and Philosophy in Islam

   By Avital Wohlman

   This book examines the contrasting interpretations of Islam and the Qur’an by Averroes and Al-Ghazali, as a way of helping us untangle current impasses affecting each Abrahamic faith. This has traditionally been portrayed as a battle between philosophy and theology, but the book shows that Averroes...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-55720-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being

   By Sajjad H. Rizvi

   Mulla Sadra is one of the most important Islamic philosophers after Avicenna. In this exploration of his philosophy, Sajjad H. Rizvi examines the central doctrine of the modulation of being, and contextualises his work within the intellectual history of philosophical traditions in the Islamic East....

   April 2009 | 978-0-415-49073-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Ibn ‘Arabî - Time and Cosmology

   By Mohamed Haj Yousef

   This book is the first comprehensive attempt to explain Ibn ‘Arabî’s distinctive view of time and its role in the process of creating the cosmos and its relation with the Creator. By comparing this original view with modern theories of physics and cosmology, Mohamed Haj Yousef constructs a new...

   2007 | 978-0-415-44499-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Shi'ism

   Edited by Colin Turner, Paul Luft

   The four volumes of this set bring together key contributions to the study of Shi’ism, giving access to material that has hitherto been scattered and difficult to locate. While the majority of the material stems from the past fifty years, earlier studies are included, providing insight into the...

   2007 | 978-0-415-39187-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Quran and the Secular Mind: A Philosophy of Islam

   By Shabbir Akhtar

   This book is concerned with the rationality and plausibility of the Muslim faith and the Qur'an, and in particular how they can be interrogated and understood through Western analytical philosophy. It also explores how Islam can successfully engage with the challenges posed by secular thinking....

   2007 | 978-0-415-43783-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. Islam and Science: The Intellectual Career of Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi

    By Robert Morrison

    In examining the work of eminent fourteenth century Iranian Shiite scholar Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi, this book is the first rigorous attempt to explain the cross-fertilization of scientific and religious thought in Islamic civilization. Nisaburi did not consider himself a scientist alone,...

    2007 | 978-0-415-77234-1 | Hardback (Routledge)