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Allah Transcendent Ian Richard Netton (University of Leeds, UK The University of Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds, UK)

Allah Transcendent By Ian Richard Netton (University of Leeds, UK The University of Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds, UK)

Summary

Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.

Allah Transcendent Summary

Allah Transcendent: Studies in the Structure and Semiotics of Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Cosmology by Ian Richard Netton (University of Leeds, UK The University of Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds, UK)

Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.

About Ian Richard Netton (University of Leeds, UK The University of Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds, UK)

Ian Richard Netton

Table of Contents

l. Introduction 2. AI-Kindi: The Watcher at the Gate 3. Al-Farabi: The Search for Order 4. Ibn Sina's Necessary and Beloved Deity 5. The God of Medieval Isma'ilism: Cosmological Variations on a Neoplatonic Theme 203 6. Ishraq and Wahda: The Mystical Cosmos of Al-Suhrawardi and Ibn al-'Arabi 7. Conclusion: The Vocabulary of Transcendence: Towards a Theory of Semiotics for r Islamic Theology

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NLS9780700702879
9780700702879
0700702873
Allah Transcendent: Studies in the Structure and Semiotics of Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Cosmology by Ian Richard Netton (University of Leeds, UK The University of Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds, UK)
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Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1995-01-17
400
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