Overview
There are few moments in human history where the forces of religion, culture and politics converge to produce some of the most significant philosophical ideas in the world. India in the early 20th century was one of these moments, where we saw the rise of activist-thinkers like Nehru, Jinnah and Gandhi; individuals who not only liberated human lives but their minds as well. One of most influential members of the group was the poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal. Commonly known as the ""spiritual father of Pakistan"", the philosophical and political ideas of Iqbal not only shaped the face of Indian Muslim nationalism but also shaped the direction of modernist reformist Islam around the world. Bringing together a diverse number of prominent and emerging scholars, from backgrounds in political science, philosophy and religious studies, this book offers novel examinations of the philosophical ideas that laid at the heart of Iqbal's own As such, by producing new developments in research on Iqbal's thought from a diversity of prominent and emerging voices within American and European Islamic studies, this text will offer new and novel examinations of the ideas that lies at the heart of Iqbal's own thought: religion, science, metaphysics, nationalism and religious identity. In our text, the reader will (re)discover many new connections between the ""Sage of the Ummah"" to the greatest thinkers and ideas of European and Islamic philosophies.
Full Product Details
Author: Chad Hillier ,
Basit Bilal Koshul
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.403kg
ISBN: 9781474424172
ISBN 10: 1474424171
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 31 March 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"This wide-ranging volume is a timely intervention in studies of Iqbal, as well as in the intellectual history of modern Islam and its interaction with Western thought and philosophy. It places Iqbal in multiple philosophical and historical contexts, and though admiring in tone, it illuminates the complexity of his work and many aspects of his contemporary relevance with care.-- ""Javed Majeed, Professor of Comparative Literature and English, King's College London"""
This wide-ranging volume is a timely intervention in studies of Iqbal, as well as in the intellectual history of modern Islam and its interaction with Western thought and philosophy. It places Iqbal in multiple philosophical and historical contexts, and though admiring in tone, it illuminates the complexity of his work and many aspects of his contemporary relevance with care.-- ""Javed Majeed, Professor of Comparative Literature and English, King's College London""
Author Information
H. C. Hillier is Lecturer in the Department of Society, Culture and Environment at Wilfrid Laurier University. Basit Bilal Koshul is Associate Professor in the Dept, of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
