Consciousness and reality : studies in memory of Toshihiko Izutsu / edited by Sayyid Jalāl al-Dīn Āshtiyānī [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Āshtiyānī, Jalāl al-Dīn, editor.

Series:

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; Volume 38.

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; Volume 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Izutsu, Toshihiko, 1914-1993.

Izutsu, Toshihiko.

Islamic philosophy.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2000]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

I. Perspective on History and Global Society

1. Islamic Resurgence

2. Al-Wāqidī, the Orientalists and Apologetics

3. The Quranic Commentaries of Mullā Ṣadrā

4. The Meaning and Experience of Happiness in Islām

5. Danishnamah-i Maysari, the Oldest Medical Compendium in Persian Verse

II. Religion and Aesthetical Order

1. Why Decline of Buddhism Took Place in India?

2. The Paradise Garden Paradigm

3. The Pīr-Murīd Relationship in the Thought of 'Ayn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī

4. Refiguring Postmodern Times

5. In the Gardens-A Psychological Memoir

6. Legacy of the Prophetic Experience in Judaism

7. Avatars japonais de l'ascension d'Alexandre

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

2. The Unique Arabic Manuscript of Aristotle's Ars Rhetorica and its two Editions published to date by 'Abdurraḥmān Badawī and by M[alcolm] C. Lyons

3. On the Originality of "Izutsu" Oriental Philosophy

4. Le Soufisme entre Louis Massignon et Henry Corbin

5. La Révélation coranique et la Gnose islamique

6. Hallāj in the Sawānih of Ahmad Ghazālī

IV. Being and Knowing

1. An Essay on "Creatio ex Nihilo

2. The Structure of Consciousness in Śaṅkara's Philosophy

3. On Sufi Psychology: A Debate between the Soul and the Spirit

4. Unity of Ontology and Epistemology in Qaiṣarī's Philosophy

5. 'Azīz-i Nasafī and the Essence-Existence Debate

6. La Voie de Hallâj et la voie d'Ibn 'Arabî

7. Suhrawardi, Philosopher or Mystic? Golden Triangle of his Worldview

Curriculum Vitae of Toshihiko Izutsu

Bibliography of Toshihiko Izutsu's Writings.

Appendix: Catalogue of Lithographed Books of Iran in the Library of Toshihiko Izutsu

Editors

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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Other Format:

Print version: Ashtiyani, Sayyid Jalal al-Din Consciousness and Reality

ISBN:

90-04-45293-1

OCLC:

1306061019