Sculpting the Self: Islam, Selfhood, and Human Flourishing

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Transliterations
Introduction
Part I
	Chapter 1. The Problematic of the Self
		Is the Self a Modern Invention?
		The Opacity of the Self
		Degrees and Dimensions of Selfhood
		First-Person vs. Third-Person Perspective
		Descriptive vs. Normative Approaches
		A Multidimensional Model
		Overcoming the Terminological Fray
		Summary
	Chapter 2. The View from and beyond the “I”
		The Paradox of Self-Knowledge
		Non-reflective Self-Knowledge
		Self-Knowledge as Abiding Presence
		The Varieties of Non-reflective Self-Knowledge
		The Kantian Dilemma
		Summary
	Chapter 3. Self-Knowledge and the Levels of Consciousness
		The Humean Challenge and the Referentiality of the “I”
		The Onto-phenomenological Structure of Consciousness
		What Is It Like to Be a Self?
		Unity of Self and Consciousness
		Summary
Part II
	Chapter 4. Self, Body, and Consciousness
		Consciousness in Neuroscience
		Neurobiological Theories of Consciousness
		The Center of the Self: Neurons or Consciousness?
		The Nerve Impulse and the Structure of Consciousness
		Graeco-Islamic-Indian Conversations
		Deciphering the Self through the Subtle Bodies
		Emotion and Subjectivity
		Summary
	Chapter 5. Sculpting the Self
		Philosophy, Spirituality, and Self-Knowledge
		Self-Cultivation and Human Flourishing
		Self-Perfection and the Ideal Self
		Meditation and Self-Transparency
		Self-Transcendence and Transformation
		Self, Freedom, Being-Toward-Beyond-Death
		Summary
	Chapter 6. Consummation: “I” or “I and I”
Bibliography
Index Locorum
Index of Names
Index of Subjects