Ian Richard Netton

Allah Transcendent

Studies in the Structure and Semiotics of Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Cosmology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780700702879
• ISBN-10: 0700702873
• Artikelnr.: 21698636

Autorenporträt

Ian Richard Netton

Inhaltsangabe

l. Introduction 2. AI-Kindi: The Watcher at the Gate 3. Al-Farabi: The
Search for Order 4. Ibn Sina's Necessary and Beloved Deity 5. The God of
Medieval Isma'ilism: Cosmological Variations on a Neoplatonic Theme 203 6.
Ishraq and Wahda: The Mystical Cosmos of Al-Suhrawardi and Ibn al-'Arabi 7.
Conclusion: The Vocabulary of Transcendence: Towards a Theory of Semiotics
for r Islamic Theology