Muhammad Iqbal: Essays on the Reconstruction of Modern Muslim Thought - Hardcover

Chad Hillier; Basit Koshul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748695419 ISBN 13: 9780748695416

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book examines the ideas central to Muhammad Iqbal's thought and life: religion, science, metaphysics and nationalism. Commonly known as the 'spiritual father of Pakistan', the philosophical and political ideas of Muhammad Iqbal shaped the face of Indian Muslim nationalism and the direction of modernist reformist Islam around the world. This volume brings together a range of prominent and emerging voices within American and European Islamic studies to share the latest developments on Iqbal's thought. They re examine the ideas that lie at the heart of Iqbal's own thought: religion, science, metaphysics, nationalism and religious identity, and bring out many new connections between the 'Sage of the Ummah' and the greatest thinkers and ideas of European and Islamic philosophies. It responds to the recent rediscovery of Iqbal's thought within Anglo American scholarship on Islam. It provides an examination of ideas central to Iqbal's thought: the connection between religious belief and modern knowledge, the expression of Islamic belief through modern concepts and the political dimension of Muslim identity. It shows new connections between Iqbal and his contemporary European philosophers, including Bergson, Pierce, and Whitehead.

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About the Author

Chad Hillier is Lecturer in Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Basit Koshul is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Lahore.

From the Back Cover

'This wide-ranging volume is a timely intervention in studies of Iqbal, as well as in the intellectual history of modern Islam and its interaction with Western thought and philosophy. It places Iqbal in multiple philosophical and historical contexts, and though admiring in tone, it illuminates the complexity of his work and many aspects of his contemporary relevance with care.'Javed Majeed, Professor of Comparative Literature and English, King's College LondonExamines the ideas central to Muhammad Iqbal’s thought and life: religion, science, metaphysics and nationalismThere are few moments in human history where the forces of religion, culture and politics converge to produce some of the most significant philosophical ideas in the world. India in the early twentieth century saw one of these moments with the rise of activist-thinkers like Nehru, Jinnah and Gandhi, individuals who liberated not only human lives but their minds as well. One of most influential members of that group was the poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal. Commonly known as the 'spiritual father of Pakistan', Iqbal’s philosophical and political ideas shaped not just the face of Indian Muslim nationalism but also the direction of modernist reformist Islam around the world.New developments in research on Iqbal’s thought are collected here, coming from a range of prominent and emerging voices from political science, philosophy and religious studies. They offer new and novel examinations of the ideas that lie at the heart of Iqbal’s own thought: religion, science, metaphysics, nationalism and religious identity. Readers will (re)discover many new connections between the 'Sage of the Ummah' and the greatest thinkers and ideas of European and Islamic philosophies.Key FeaturesResponds to the renewed interest in Iqbal by developing new interpretations and understandingsExamines ideas central to Iqbal's thought such as the connection between religious belief and modern knowledge, and the political dimension of Muslim identityExplores the links between Iqbal and other philosophers who were his contemporaries including Bergson, Peirce, and WhiteheadH. C. Hillier is a Lecturer in the Department of Society, Culture and Environment at Wilfrid Laurier University.Basit Bilal Koshul is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748695419
• ISBN 13: 9780748695416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Chad Hillier, Basit Koshul