Knowledge and power in the philosophies of Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī and Mullā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī / Sayeh Meisami.
2018
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Title
Knowledge and power in the philosophies of Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī and Mullā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī / Sayeh Meisami.
Author
Meisami, Sayeh, author.
ISBN
9783319711911
3319711911
9783319711928 (electronic book)
331971192X (electronic book)
3319711911
9783319711928 (electronic book)
331971192X (electronic book)
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan 2018.
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English
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BD438
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.3
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This is a comparative study of two major Shi'i thinkers, Hamid al-Din Kirmani from the Fatimid Egypt and Mulla Sadra from the Safavid Iran, demonstrating the mutual empowerment of discourses on knowledge formation and religio-political authority in certain Isma'ili and Twelver contexts. The book investigates concepts, narratives, and arguments that have contributed to the generation and development of the discourse on the absolute authority of the imam and his representatives. To demonstrate this, key passages from primary texts in Arabic and Persian are translated and closely analyzed to highlight the synthesis of philosophical, Sufi, theological, and scriptural discourses. The book also discusses the discursive influence of Nasir al-Din Tusi as a key to the transmission of Isma'ili narratives of knowledge and authority to later Shi'i philosophy and its continuation to modern and contemporary times particularly in the narrative of the guardianship of the jurist in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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This is a comparative study of two major Shi'i thinkers, Hamid al-Din Kirmani from the Fatimid Egypt and Mulla Sadra from the Safavid Iran, demonstrating the mutual empowerment of discourses on knowledge formation and religio-political authority in certain Isma'ili and Twelver contexts. The book investigates concepts, narratives, and arguments that have contributed to the generation and development of the discourse on the absolute authority of the imam and his representatives. To demonstrate this, key passages from primary texts in Arabic and Persian are translated and closely analyzed to highlight the synthesis of philosophical, Sufi, theological, and scriptural discourses. The book also discusses the discursive influence of Nasir al-Din Tusi as a key to the transmission of Isma'ili narratives of knowledge and authority to later Shi'i philosophy and its continuation to modern and contemporary times particularly in the narrative of the guardianship of the jurist in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
CHAPTER TWO: Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī on the Human Soul and Knowledge.-CHAPTER THREE: Kirmānī's Discourse on the Imamate and its Influence
CHAPTER FOUR: Mullā Ṣadrā on Knowledge and the Imamate
CHAPTER FIVE: Mullā Ṣadrā's Legacy and Concluding Remarks.
CHAPTER TWO: Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī on the Human Soul and Knowledge.-CHAPTER THREE: Kirmānī's Discourse on the Imamate and its Influence
CHAPTER FOUR: Mullā Ṣadrā on Knowledge and the Imamate
CHAPTER FIVE: Mullā Ṣadrā's Legacy and Concluding Remarks.