A team of twenty-five renowned scholars have ventured on this unique endeavour to come to terms with the notions of Consciousness and Reality. The wide variety of subjects and disciplines reflects Dr. Izutsu's incredible scope of interests. He is however always focussing on the basic theme of the relationship between philosophical thinking and mysticism, which arises from an awareness of the problem of contemplative experience lying concealed in the depths of philosophical thinking. This book is a vital contribution to our understanding of Islam and Intercultural Dialogue.
The present volume of collected papers is the product of an international academic project which aims at successive development of the late Dr. Izutsu’s philosophic inquiries into the structural relationship between consciousness and reality. Dr. [zutsu had been in pursuit of this inquiry for a long time through the fields of Islamic studies, as well as philosophy of language and comparative philosophy. Both overseas and Japanese scholars who had enjoyed academic relations with the late professor Izutsu joined this project and submitted papers with subjects related to Dr. Izutsu’s theme for the present volume. Together they have produced this international academic collaboration which has great importance for future actualization of “real dialogue” among various cultural traditions.
Author(s): Sayyid Jalal Al-Din Ashtiyani, Hideichi Matsubura, Akiro Matsumoto, Takashi Iwami
Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology, & Science, 38
Publisher: Brill
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 469
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Contents
Foreword (Shinya Makino)
Preface (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
I. Perspective on History and Global Society
1. Islamic Resurgence (Wilfred Cantwell Smith)
2. Al-Waqidi, the Orientalists and Apologetics (Charles J. Adams)
3. The Quranic Commentaries of Mulla Sadra (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
4. The Meaning and Experience of Happiness in Islam (Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas)
5. Danishnamah-i Maysari, the Oldest Medical Compendium in Persian Verse (Mehdi Mohaghegh)
II. Religion and Aesthetical Order
1. Why Decline of Buddhism Took Place in India? (Hajime Nakamura)
2. The Paradise Garden Paradigm (Nader Ardalan)
3. The Pir-Murid Relationship in the Thought of ‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani (Forough Jahanbakhsh)
4. Refiguring Postmodern Times (Mark C. Taylor)
5. In the Gardens—A Psychological Memoir (James Hillman)
6. Legacy of the Prophetic Experience in Judaism (Hiroshi Ichikawa)
7. Avatars japonais de l'ascension d’Alexandre (Hideichi Matsubara)
III. Structured Analysis and Methodological Possibilities
1. Ibn ‘Arabi’s Conception of God’s Universal Mercy: The Chapter on Zakariyya’ in the Fusus al-Hikam (Ronald L. Nettler)
2. The Unique Arabic Manuscript of Aristotle’s Ars Rhetorica and its two Editions published to date by ‘Abdurrahman Badawi and by M[alcolm] C. Lyons (Estiphan Panoussi)
3. On the Originality of “Izutsu” Oriental Philosophy (Shinya Makino)
4. Le Soufisme entre Louis Massignon et Henry Corbin (Christian Jambet)
5. La Révélation coranique et la Gnose islamique (Mikio Kamiya)
6. Hallaj in the Sawaénth of Ahmad Ghazali (Nasrollah Pourjavady)
IV. Being and Knowing
1. An Essay on “Creatio ex Nihilo” (Masao Matsumoto)
2. The Structure of Consciousness in Sankara’s Philosophy (Yoshitsugu Sawai)
3. On Sufi Psychology: A Debate between the Soul and the Spirit (William C. Chittick)
4. Unity of Ontology and Epistemology in Qaisari’s Philosophy (Akiro Matsumoto)
5. ‘Aziz-i Nasafi and the Essence-Existence Debate (Hermann Landolt)
6. La Voie de Hallaj et la voie d’ Ibn ‘Arabi (Mokdad Arfa Mensia)
7. Suhrawardi, Philosopher or Mystic? Golden Triangle of his Worldview (Shiva Kaviani)
Curriculum Vitae of Toshihiko Izutsu
Bibliography of Toshihiko Izutsu’s Writings
Appendix: Catalogue of Lithographed Books of Iran in the Library of Toshihiko Izutsu (Compiled by Takashi Iwami)
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