{"product_id":"alfarabi-and-the-foundation-of-islamic-political-philosophy","title":"Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Muhsin S Mahdi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 264\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-579804-3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this much-anticipated work, Muhsin Mahdi-widely regarded as the preeminent scholar of medieval Islamic political philosophy-distills more than four decades of research to offer an authoritative analysis of the work of Alfarabi, the founder of Islamic political philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMahdi, whose research brought to light writings of Alfarabi previously known only through medieval bibliographical references, presents this great thinker as his contemporaries and followers would have seen him: as a philosopher who sought to lay the foundations for a new understanding of revealed religion and its relation to the tradition of political philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMahdi beings with a survey of Islamic philosophy and a discussion of its historical background. He then gives a general sense of the philosophical debate, or an introduction, to the interrelated spheres of philosophy, political thought, theology, and jurisprudence within Islam and, more particularly, within medieval Islam at the time of Alfarabi. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMahdi turns to Alfarabi’s concept of the virtuous city in the second part of the book. Here, philosophy is distinguished from science on the one hand and religion on the other. Mahdi concludes with an examination of the work that is key to understanding Alfarabi’s political thought, the trilogy known as the Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the magisterial work of an extraordinary scholar. Muhsin Mohdi has spent a lifetime editing, translating, and interpreting Alfarabi. In Mahdi’s presentation. Alfarabi becomes one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages, whose original ideas on philosophy and religion, on theology and jurisprudence, are relevant to contemporary discussions.\u003cbr\u003e-Joel L Kraemer, the Joh Henry Barrows\u003cbr\u003eProfessor in the Divinity School and the Committee on Social Thought, \u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: ORIENTATION; PHILOSOPHY, JURISPRUDENCE, AND THEOLOGY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE POLITICAL ORIENTATION OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy and the Divine Law\u003cbr\u003eIslamic Jurisprudence and Theology\u003cbr\u003eNature and Convention\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy and Mysticism\u003cbr\u003eThe Divine Law and Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL THOUGHT\u003cbr\u003eThe Challenge of the Revealed Religions\u003cbr\u003eImplications for Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eThe Problem\u003cbr\u003eJurisprudence and Political Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eTheology: Natural and Revealed\u003cbr\u003eTheology and Jurisprudence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FOUNDATION OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY\u003cbr\u003eAlfarabi, al-Kindi, and al-Razi\u003cbr\u003eAlfarabi’s On the Rise of Philosophy\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Philosophy and Metaphysics\u003cbr\u003eCity, Soul, and Cosmos\u003cbr\u003eThe Question of Realization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO: THE VIRTUOUS CITY\u003cbr\u003eSCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, AND RELIGION\u003cbr\u003eScience, Art, and Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eNatural, Divine, and Political Science\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Science 1 and 2 \u003cbr\u003eJurisprudence and Theology\u003cbr\u003eThe Lawgiver, Religion, and Political Science\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosophic Science of Religion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION\u003cbr\u003eWhat Is Religion?\u003cbr\u003eThe Size of the Group\u003cbr\u003eThe Founder: His Purpose\u003cbr\u003eThe Founder: His Art\u003cbr\u003eOpinions\u003cbr\u003eActions\u003cbr\u003eDefinition\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eDialectic and Rhetoric\u003cbr\u003eJurisprudence, Religion, and Philosophy\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Science: The City, the Universe, and Human Beings\u003cbr\u003eAlfarabi’s Political Corpus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VIRTUOUS CITY\u003cbr\u003eDivine and Political Science\u003cbr\u003eThe Virtuous Regime\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosopher-King and the Prophet-Legislator\u003cbr\u003eLaw and Living Wisdom\u003cbr\u003eWar and the Limitations of Law\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy and the Virtuous Regime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROPHECY AND REVELATION\u003cbr\u003eHuman Religions\u003cbr\u003eThe Active Intellect and the Human Imagination\u003cbr\u003eVirtuous City 1\u003cbr\u003eVirtuous City 2\u003cbr\u003eRevelation\u003cbr\u003eThe Political Dimension\u003cbr\u003eNovel Doctrine\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE: ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLE\u003cbr\u003eTHE ATTAINMENT OF HAPPINESS\u003cbr\u003eInterlude\u003cbr\u003eThe Investigator and the Prince\u003cbr\u003ePrince, Philosopher, Legislator, and Imam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON ARISTOTLE’S STARTING POINT\u003cbr\u003eThe Question of Human Perfection\u003cbr\u003eBrutish Beginnings and Human Excellence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION\u003cbr\u003eThe Syllogistic Arts: Five Stages of Their Development\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy and Religion: Internal Development\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy and Religion: Cross-national Movements\u003cbr\u003eAlliance between Religion and Demonstrative Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRELIGION AND THE CYCLICAL VIEW OF HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eAristotle’s and Aristoteles \/ Aristocles Accounts\u003cbr\u003eExploration, Perfection, and Loss\u003cbr\u003eThe Five Phases of the Cycle\u003cbr\u003eAlfarabi’s On the Rise of Philosophy and Book of Letters\u003cbr\u003eAlfarabi’s Successors\u003cbr\u003eThe New Perspective: Machiavelli and Nietzsche\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Muhsin S Mahdi \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153621086576,"sku":"11530","price":39.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/11530.jpg?v=1793911736","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/alfarabi-and-the-foundation-of-islamic-political-philosophy","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}