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Introduction -- Tabula Gratulatoria -- Selected Bibliography of Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani -- Classical Persian Literature and Philology -- Classical Arabic Literature and Philology -- Islamic Theology, Islamic Jurisprudence and Islamic Philosophy -- Islamic History and Historiography

"This book explores the intellectual discourse in post-revolutionary Iran. It focuses on Abdolkarim Soroush, a leading Muslim liberal thinker, whose theory of religion is regarded highly relevant for the current theological and intellectual dynamics in the Islamic world. The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran discusses why and how Soroush's thought has developed from an Islamic apologetic modernist theology in 1970s to a liberal theory about religion in post-revolutionary Iran. Through a close and detailed analysis of Soroush's main theories, the book argues that Soroush's thought evolved through reception of post-positivist epistemology and interaction with Islamism in practice into a historicist and pluralist theory of religion; a theory that regards a religion, including Islam, as being a contextual and historical dialogue between man and the Absolute. The book also highlights some shortcomings of Soroush's reform project. Specifically, it notes that Soroush, consciously or unconsciously, has not yet admitted many extensive consequences of his theories such as historicity of religious rituals ('ibadat) or recognition of the post-Mohammadan revelations and religions. In addition, some other features and implications of Soroush's thought such as a historical-critical approach to the Koran, post-secular theology, and his dialogical approach that goes beyond Orientalism-Occidentalism dichotomy are discussed. Providing a detailed overview on this leading Muslim thinker, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Islamic Philosophy, Middle East Studies and Philosophy of Religion"--

1. Mullā Ṣadrā and the Socio-political and Cultural Milieu -- 2. The Central Importance of the Philosophy of the Human Soul in Mullā Ṣadrā's Politics -- 3. Mullā Ṣadrā: Political or Apolitical Philosopher? -- 4. Transcendent Politics -- 5. A New Vision of Socio-political Justice in Transcendent Philosophy -- 6. Ṣadrā's Narrative on the Virtuous City -- 7. Political Authority -- Epilogue.

The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by providing full coverage of Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslims, and by taking the story of philosophy from its beginnings in the world of early Islam all the way through to the twentieth century. Major figures like Avicenna, Averroes, and Maimonides are covered in great detail, but the book also looks at less familiar thinkers, including women philosophers. Attention is also given to the philosophical relevance of Islamic theology (kalam) and mysticism--the Sufi tradition within Islam, and Kabbalah among Jews--and to science, with chapters on disciplines like optics and astronomy.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Philosophical Reflections in the Poetry of al-Shāfiʿī / Tamer, Georges -- Ethics and Fiqh in al-Fārābī's Philosophy / Bouhafa, Feriel -- Ibn Sīnā's Moral Ontology and Theory of Law / Erlwein, Hannah C. -- In the Footsteps of Ibn Sīnā? The Uṣūlī Debate on the Argumentum e Contrario / Kalbarczyk, Nora -- Al-Ghazālī on Philosophy and Jurisprudence / Rudolph, Ulrich -- Syllogistic Logic in Islamic Legal Theory: al-Ghazālī's Arguments for the Certainty of Legal Analogy (Qiyās) / Opwis, Felicitas -- Deontic Modalities in Ibn Ḥazm / Lameer, Joep -- Splitting the Process and the Result: Philosophy from a Legal Perspective in Averroes' Decisive Treatise / Akl, Ziad Bou -- Foundations of Ibn Taymiyya's Religious Utilitarianism / Hoover, Jon -- Value Ontology and the Assumption of Non-Assessment in Postclassical Shīʿī Legal Theory / Gleave, Robert -- Tajarrī as Religious Luck / Mohammad Kazem Askari, Mirza / Mohammad Emami, Amir -- Concomitance to Causation: Arguing Dawarān in the Proto-Ādāb al-Baḥth / Young, Walter Edward -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects