al-Ghazālī's unspeakable doctrine of the soul : : unveiling the esoteric psychology and eschatology of the Iḥyāʻ / / by Timothy J. Gianotti.
This text marks a radical rethinking of the soul and the afterlife in the writings of al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111), particularly within his magnum opus, Reviving Religious Knowledge (Ihyā’ulūm al-dīn). Attending closely to variations of genre and discourse mode within his works, it attempts to resolve s...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 104 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2001. |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 104. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction, Methodology and Overview
- Chapter One: All Things to All People? Deciphering al-Ghazālī’s Doctrine of Discourse
- Chapter Two: al-Ghazālī’s Dogmatic/Theological (Kalāmī) Formulation of the Soul
- Chapter Three: Al-Ghazālī’s Condemnation of the Philosophical Psychology and Eschatology in the Incoherence of the Philosophers (Tahāfut al-falāsifa
- Chapter Four: The Heart {Al-Qalb) and Al-Ghazālī’s Mystical Discussions of the Soul
- Chapter Five: Through a Looking Glass: The Heart Reflected in Al-Ghazālī’s Mystical Cosmology
- Chapter Six: The Wayfarer's Final Journey: Al-Ghazālī’s Esoteric Eschatology (Conclusion)
- Appendix: Translation and Commentary: \'The Epistle of Presence\'
- Bibliography
- Index of Topics, Terms, and Proper Names.