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Philosophy Eastern

Muhammad Iqbal

Essays on the Reconstruction of Modern Muslim Thought

edited by H.C. Hillier & Basit Bilal Koshul

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2017
Category
Eastern
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781474424172
    Publish Date
    Apr 2017
    List Price
    $43.95

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There 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.

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Contributor Notes

H. 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.