Iqbal / Mustansir Mir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mir, Mustansir, 1949-

Series:

Makers of Islamic civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938--Criticism and interpretation.

Iqbal, Muhammad.

Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938--Influence.

Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938.

Islam in literature.

Islam and politics.

Islam and politics--Pakistan.

Criticism and interpretation.

Pakistan.

Islam and social problems.

Physical Description:

xii, 157 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; Oxford : Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) was a distinguished poet, philosopher and statesman of South Asia. His ideas played a vital role in the movement to establish Pakistan, where he is revered as the country's spiritual founder. In this informative, accessible discussion of Iqbal's life and work, in particular his poetry and prose, Mustansir Mir presents him as an exemplary modern Muslim thinker. Iqbal combined a declared loyalty to his faith with a readiness to embrace modernity. Convinced that religion and science were mutually reinforcing, he urged Muslims to reconstruct their tradition in the light of recent developments in all fields of knowledge. As this timely study shows, Iqbal's commitment to integrating elements from Islamic and Western traditions makes him worthy of serious attention from students of religion, philosophy and other fields, and of particular relevance to the pressing concern to define common ground between those two traditions.

Contents:

Iqbal's Texts Cited viii

1 Life, Personality, and Works 1

2 Major Themes of Poetry 22

3 Poetic Art 56

4 Philosophical Thought 77

5 Social and Political Thought 121

6 Iqbal's Legacy 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [148]-152) and index.

ISBN:

1845110943

9781845110949

OCLC:

58999669