Allah Transcendent: Studies in the Structure and Semiotics of Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Cosmology

by Ian Richard Netton

Overview

Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136102745
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ian Richard Netton

Table of Contents

l. Introduction 2. AI-Kindi: The Watcher at the Gate 3. Al-Farabi: The Search for Order 4. Ibn Sina's Necessary and Beloved Deity 5. The God of Medieval Isma'ilism: Cosmological Variations on a Neoplatonic Theme 203 6. Ishraq and Wahda: The Mystical Cosmos of Al-Suhrawardi and Ibn al-'Arabi 7. Conclusion: The Vocabulary of Transcendence: Towards a Theory of Semiotics for r Islamic Theology