Al-Ghazali and the Ismailis

A Debate on Reason and Authority in Medieval Islam

By: Farouk Mitha

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Hardcover | 22 November 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) is arguably one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Islam and his writings have received greater scholarly attention in the West than those of any other Muslim scholar. This study explores and important dimension of his thought that has not yet been fully examined, namely, his polemical engagement with the Ismailis of the Fatimid and early Alamut periods. Al-Ghazali's debate with the Ismailis constitutes an important chapter in the history of Muslim thought and this book also explores the wider intellectual and political significance of this encounter, and especially the light it sheds on the central tensions and questions of the age in which al-Ghazali lived.

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Ecology of the Kitab al-Mustaziri : Historical Time and Place
Al Ghazali and the Saljuqs
Al-Ghazali and the Abbasid Caliphate
Al-Ghazali and the Ismailis
Anatomy of the Kitab al-Mustaziri : Content and Style
Al-Ghazali's Muqaddima : A Justification
Defining a Method
The Adab al-Firaq Legacy: A Taxonomy of Exclusion
The Place of Kalam : Reason and its Limits
The Demands of the Fiqh : Limits and Norms
The Body Politic in Medieval Islam: Justification and Narcissism
Towards a Rereading of the Kitab al-Mustaziri
Orthodoxy: A Problem of Interpretation
Reason: Subjectivity Versus Objectivity
Authority: Spiritual Versus Temporal
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Al-Ghazali and the Ismailis

A Debate on Reason and Authority in Medieval Islam

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