
The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy
Ibn Sina, Suhrawardi, Shahrazuri and Beyond
L. W. C. van Lit(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 18. April 2017
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4744-1585-9 (ISBN)
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One of the most controversial issues that divided Islamic philosophers and theologians during the Middle Ages was whether human beings would have a spiritual or bodily existence after death. The idea of a world of image was conceived as a solution, suggesting that there exists a world of non-physical (imagined) bodies, beyond our earthly existence. This world may be reached in sleep, in meditation or after death.From the embryonic conception by Ibn Sina, to the radical rethinking by Suhrawardi and Shahrazuri into a sophisticated system, L. W. C. van Lit unravels the history of this idea. Using a distant reading approach for measuring the transmission, he further shows how the idea remained relevant for Muslim thinkers through the centuries, up until today.
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English
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Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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2 black and white illustrations, 10 black and white tables
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Height: 239 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
680 gr
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978-1-4744-1585-9 (9781474415859)
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L W C Van Lit is Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University. He has published several journal articles, including in Philosophy East and West, Al-Masaq, Ilahiyat Studies, Tarikh-e 'Elu and Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook.
Content
List of Figures of TablesAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. From Ibn Sina to Suhrawardi: The Contested Idea of Using Imagination after Death3. Suhrawardi's recognition of an Additional Realm4. Shahrazuri on Suhrawardi's Suspended Images5. Suhrawardi's Lukewarm Commentators6. The reception of Shahrazuri's World of Image Up Until the Present Day7. ConclusionNotesBibliographyAppendix A: Edited PassagesAppendix B: List of Persons Mentioned in this StudyIndex