Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism: A Short Introduction

CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE
......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
THE TRANSMISSION OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE......Page 17
THE PERSIAN AND INDIAN LEGACIES......Page 20
THE POLITICAL SCENE IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY......Page 22
THE RISE OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY (KALAM)......Page 24
THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE MU'TAZILAH......Page 26
AL-KINDI......Page 32
ABUBAKAR AL-RAZI......Page 40
THE PROGRESS OF FREE THOUGHT......Page 45
AL-FARABI......Page 49
IBN SINA......Page 58
THE BRETHREN OF PURITY......Page 65
THE DIFFUSION OF PHILOSOPHICAL CULTURE IN THE TENTH CENTURY......Page 71
THE ECLIPSE OF THEOLOGICAL RATIONALISM......Page 74
THE ISLAMIC ASSAULT ON NEOPLATONISM......Page 79
ASCETIC BEGINNINGS......Page 84
PANTHEISTIC OR UNITARY MYSTICISM......Page 86
INTERACTIONS OF MYSTICISM AND NEOPLATONISM......Page 88
THE BEGINNINGS OF PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION IN AL-ANDALUS......Page 96
IBN BAJJAH......Page 98
IBN TUFAYL......Page 101
IBN RUSHD......Page 104
IBN XAZM AND IBN TAYMIYAH......Page 112
FAKHR AL-DIN AL-RAZI AND HIS SUCCESSORS......Page 115
IBN KHALDUN OF TUNIS AND HIS NEW PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY......Page 118
AL-SUHRAWARDI......Page 124
AL-SHIRAZI (MULLA SADRA) AND HIS SUCCESSORS......Page 127
ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN INDIA–PAKISTAN AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA......Page 134
THE CONTINUITY OF THE ISHRAQI TRADITION IN PERSIA......Page 138
MODERNISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM IN THE MUSLIM WORLD TODAY......Page 140
CONCLUSION......Page 150
1 APPENDIX The Chief Philosophical Translations......Page 154
2 APPENDIX Leading Mu'tazilite Scholars......Page 157
ARABIC SOURCES......Page 159
WORKS IN WESTERN LANGUAGES......Page 161
INDEX......Page 165