Islamic humanism
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780195189148
- ISBN10 0195189140
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 273
- Año de Edición 2006
- Encuadernación Rústica
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Filosofía Islamica/filosofía JudáicaIslamic humanism
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Detalles del libro
This book is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic, rational, and scientific discourses in the quest for knowledge, meaning, and values. Drawing on a wide range of Islamic writings, from love poetry to history to philosophical theology, Goodman shows that medieval Islam was open to individualism, occasional secularism, skepticism, even liberalism.