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The twelfth-century philosopher Averroes is often identified by modern Arab thinkers as an early advocate of the Enlightenment. Saud M. S. Al-Tamamy demonstrates that an historical as well as comparative approach to Averroes' thought refutes this widely held assumption. The philosophical doctrine of Averroes is compared with that of the key figure of the Enlightenment in Western thought, Immanuel Kant. By comparing Averroes and Kant, Al-Tamamy evaluates the ideologies of each thinker's work and in particular focuses on their respective political implications on two social groups: the Elite, in Averroes' case, and the Public, in the case of Kant. The book's methodology is at once historical, analytical and communicative, and is especially relevant when so many thinkers - both Western and Middle Eastern - are anxious to find common denominators between the formations of Islamic and Western cultures. It responds to a need for comparative analysis in the field of Averroes studies, and takes on the challenge to uncover the philosopher's influence on the Enlightenment.

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Author:   Saud M. S. Al Tamamy
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9781780765709

ISBN 10:   1780765703
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   17 January 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Averroes' Relationship to the Debate on Enlightenment in Modern Arab Thought and an Evaluation of Methodological Approaches in the History of Political Thought Chapter 2: Averroes' Account of the Relationship between Revelation and Reason and its Political Implications Chapter 3: The Definition of Enlightenment, and Kant's Account of the Relationship between Revelation and Reason and its Political Implications Chapter 4: General Comparison: Outlining the Philosophical Projects of Averroes and Kant Chapter 5: A Comparison between the Philosophical Projects of Averroes and Kant Concerning the Question of the Relationship between Revelation and Reason, and its Political Implications Chapter 6: Conclusion

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Saud M. S. Al-Tamamy is Assistant Professor of Political Science at King Saud University (KSU), where he is also the Director of the International Scientific Twinning Program (ISTP). He holds a PhD in Political Theory from the University of Exeter, UK.

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