Scholars have come to recognize the importance of classical Islamic philosophy both in its own right and in its preservation of and engagement with Greek philosophical ideas. At the same time, the period immediately following the so-called classical era has been considered a sort of dark age, in which Islamic thought entered a long decline. In this monumental new work, Frank Griffel seeks to overturn this conventional wisdom, arguing that what he calls the "post-classical" period has been ...

Frank Griffel, international anerkannter Islam-Experte, geht drängende Fragen direkt an. Was ist das eigentlich: »Islam« – handelt es sich um eine Religion wie das Christentum, die ähnlich von Auseinandersetzungen mit der weltlichen Macht und der Vernunft geprägt wurde? Gibt es im Islam einen Konflikt zwischen Glauben und Wissen? Hat der Islam eine Reformation versäumt und sollte sie nachholen? Wie kann man über islamistisch geprägte Anschläge anders denken, als dass es Racheakte von fanat...

The Muslim thinker al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of Islam and has been considered an authority in both Western and Islamic philosophical traditions. Born in northeastern Iran, he held the most prestigious academic post in Islamic theology in Baghdad, only to renounce the position and teach at small schools in the provinces for no money. His contributions to Islamic scholarship range from responding to the challenges of Aristotelian philos...

The Muslim thinker al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of Islam and has been considered an authority in both Western and Islamic philosophical traditions. Born in northeastern Iran, he held the most prestigious academic post in Islamic theology in Baghdad, only to renounce the position and teach at small schools in the provinces for no money. His contributions to Islamic scholarship range from responding to the challenges of Aristotelian philos...

An indispensable guide to Islamic political thought from Muhammad to the twenty-first centuryThe first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. With more than 400 alphabetically arranged entries written by an international team of specialists, the volume focuses on the ori...

Die ausgewählten Texte in diesem Buch zeugen von der faszinierenden Ausstrahlung des vielseitigen, vielstimmigen literarischen Schaffens namhafter Autorinnen und Autoren palästinensischer Herkunft mit unterschiedlichem historischem Kontext. Sie erzählen ungeschönt und phantasievoll aus dem oft absurden Alltagsgeschehen, von ergreifenden Schicksalen, von Kindheitserinnerungen, von Trauer und Verlust, aber auch von Momenten des Glücks. In ihren Romanen, Erzählungen, biographischen Aufzeichn...