'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi: Islam and the Enlightenment

ISBN-13: 9781851685080 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 176 str.

Samer Akkach

Opis

In this unique look at a key figure in the Islamic enlightenment, Samer Akkach examines the life and works of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (1641-1731) of Damascus: a contemporary of many major thinkers, scientists, poets, and philosophers of the European Enlightenment. Often characterized solely as a Sufi saint, his thought and teachings were of a much wider remit. Through a fresh reading of his unpublished biographical sources and large body of mostly unpublished works, Akkach examines early expressions of rationalism among Arab and Turkish scholars, and argues that Abd al-Ghani helped herald the beginning of modernity in the Arab world."