Reason, freedom, & democracy in Islam : essential writings of ʻAbdolkarim Soroush /
In recent years Abdolkarim Soroush has emerged as one of the leading revisionist thinkers of the Muslim world. Translated into English for the first time, this book features a critical introduction by the editors and an original interview that reveals the intellectual biography of the author. It set...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Persian |
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New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1: Intellectual Autobiography
- 2: Islamic Revival and Reform
- 3: Life and Virtue
- 4: The Sense and Essence of Secularism
- 1. The Fundamental Rift between Tradition and Modernity
- 2. Secularism and Religion
- 3. Secularism and Modern Worldview
- 4. The Modern Primacy of Rights over Duties
- 5. The Roots of the Secularization of the Human Mind
- 6. The Social and Political Implications of Secularism
- 5: Doctrine and Justification
- The New Challenges of the Philosophy of Religion.
- The Question of Justifiability of Religious Doctrines
- The First Proposition: Unjustifiability of the Doctrine
- The Second Proposition: Partial Justifiability of Ideas, Positive Evidence
- The Third Proposition: Partial Justifiability of Ideas, Negative Evidence
- The Fourth Proposition: Conditional Justifiability of Ideas
- Fifth Proposition: Full Verifiability of Ideas
- 6: Reason and Freedom
- 7: The Ethics of the Gods
- 8: The Idea of Democratic Religious Government
- Of Concordance of Reason ['Aql] and Revelation [Shar']
- Of Respect for Human Rights.
- 9: Tolerance and Governance
- 1. The Principles of a Religious Democratic Government: A Synopsis
- 2. Shared Notions of Justice, Human Rights, and Limited Power in Democracy and in Religion
- 3. The Paradox of "Democratic Religious Government": A Critical Exchange
- 4. Is Faith Contrary to Tolerance?
- 5. The Inalienable Freedom of Faith Entails Freedom of Religion
- 6. Democracy: The Spirit and the Letter of Religion
- 7. Law, Religious Law, and Democracy
- 8. Religiosity, Rationality, and Democracy
- 9. Morality, Religious Morality, and Democracy
- 10. A Look Back and a Look Forward.
- 10: The Three Cultures
- The Significance of the National Culture and the Hazards of Nationalist Extremism
- Coming to Terms with Western Culture: Beyond "West Toxication"
- The Status of Islamic Culture in Iran
- A Final Note on the Difference between Servile Imitation and Critical Exchange
- 11: What the University Expects from the Hawzeh
- 12: Let Us Learn from History
- A Lesson in Epistemology: The Ahistorical View of Traditional Philosophy
- A Lesson in Philosophical Anthropology
- The Heuristic Value of Historical Evil.
- Social Policy and the Insights of the Modern Philosophical Anthropology
- The Divine Prophets and Human Nature
- Notes
- Selected References
- Index.