Philosophy in the Islamic World: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3 by Peter Adamson (PDF)

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The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by providing full coverage of Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslims, and by taking the story of philosophy from its beginnings in the world of early Islam all the way through to the twentieth century. Major figures like Avicenna, Averroes, and Maimonides are covered in great detail, but the book also looks at less familiar thinkers, including women philosophers. Attention is also given to the philosophical relevance of Islamic theology (kalam) and mysticism–the Sufi tradition within Islam, and Kabbalah among Jews–and to science, with chapters on disciplines like optics and astronomy. The book is divided into three sections, with the first looking at the first blossoming of Islamic theology and responses to the Greekphilosophical tradition in the world of Arabic learning. This ‘formative period’ culminates with the work of Avicenna, the pivotal figure to whom most later thinkers feel they must respond. The second part of the book discusses philosophy in Muslim Spain (Andalusia), where Jewish philosophers come to the fore, though this is also the setting for such thinkers as Averroes and Ibn Arabi. Finally, a third section looks in unusual detail at later developments, touching on philosophy in the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid empires and showing how thinkers in the nineteenth to the twentieth century were still concerned to respond to the ideas that had animated philosophy in the Islamic world for centuries, while also responding to political and intellectual challenges from the European colonial powers.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “Adamson gives a solid introduction to this encompassing history, which clearly will help students to acquire a serious first knowledge of this rich and complex history, but also often offers the advanced reader interesting insights.” — Jules Janssens, Tidschrift voor Filosofie About the Author Peter Adamson took his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and first worked at King’s College London. In 2012 he moved to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, where he is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy. He has published widely in ancient and medieval philosophy, especially on Neoplatonism and on philosophy in the Islamic world.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Outstanding book. Reflects deep appreciation of the continuum of philosophical development in the Islamic world, and the competing ideas over time. The detailed analysis of Ibn Sina’s contribution alone is worth the price of the book. It is amazing that Ibn Sina found time to make seminal contributions in Philosophy while being distracted by his modest side project … a text that gave the word Canon to the English language, and was the authoritative text in Medicine in Europe and Asia for almost seven centuries.I wish Dr Adamson had spent a little less time on some of the Jewish scholars and more the contributions of Imam al Haramain (who was such a purist that he refused to accept anything without going back to first principles, including his treatment on the Existence of God)) and Imam al Ashari. More detailed treatment of some contemporary writers such as wahdatul wajood (Syed Naqib ul Attas is the first name that comes to mind), al Ghazali fans such as Hamza Yusuf, and proponents of various Salafi strains would have rounded things of nicely.But no big deal. Still a wonderful read, so I gave it 5 stars.Omar Hasan, PhD

⭐While I haven’t finished this book as of yet, I wanted to go ahead and give a big thumbs up to the material. Peter Adamson does a marvelous job of making both his books and his wonderful podcast series, The History of Philosophy without Any Gaps, engaging for the active student and just entertaining enough to add a punch of fun for the general reader. I’m glad to have all the books in this series.

⭐Discusses history in a way that provides far more detail than the propaganda “bullets” about Islamic subjects which are too popular now. It is well worth the time to read this book.

⭐Excellent. Follows the podcast pretty closely, but has some extra bells and whistles as well.

⭐Great book, great podcasts as well. Book came in excellent condition, cover has a nice feel to it

⭐Unfortunately, I received this book and immediately had to put it aside for a month. When I went to read it, I opened it and discovered that the first chapter (literally) is missing. The binding and construction of the book looks fine; however, the first page is the opening of chapter 2 rather than of chapter 1. Sadly, it appears that since the month passed, I cannot return it.

⭐wonderful copy and book

⭐It used to be that books on on Islamic Philosophy would take the reader to the period of up to where Al-Farabi and Ibn Sina were criticized by Al-Ghazali, who is in turn criticized by Ibn Rushd, An Author can get away with that no longer. I want to read about Mulla Sadra Al Shirazi, He’s in this book. I also wanted to read about the founder of the Iranian school of Illuminationism, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi. He is in this book, also. And there are so many others.Philosophy in the Islamic World: A history of Philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3,is an excellent summary of Islamic philosophy. One reviewer hoped that a section could be added about modern American Muslim scholar, Shaykh Hamzah Yusuf, who is a modern scholar of Al-Ghazali. I agree. However, the book as it is stands up very well. Perhaps a second edition might contain such a section.I converted to 12er Shi’i Islam in 1999 (as many Americans were and are converting to Sunni, Shia, Sufi, Quranist, and, sadly, Wahabist Muslim groups) the Sunnis took the lead in translating materials, followed by the Sufis at the time. Of late, there is more material available. Sadly, there is also more Wahabist material available, plus material that goes beyond scholarly criticism and is nothing but slanderous propaganda (by authors like Bill Warner, Robert Sperncer and etc.) who try to paint Al-Qaeda and ISIS and similar groups as normal Islam from the beginning. The results of such books can be seen in such infamous events as the Christchurch massacre of Muslims in New Zealand in 2019. Obviously, any reading of the canonical Gospels would lead any Christian NOT to act like the gunmen in the Christchurch to act like the gunman in that massacre, especially in a city with that name.I believe the author of this book communicates to modern readers how different kinds of Muslim thinker real thought since the time of Muhammad, and there is a variety of viewpoints. Muslims were the best of peoples and the worst of peoples, just like Christians and Jews.

⭐Excellent book but disappointingly poor quality book production – printed on very low quality papers unsuitable for a quality book.Shame, a famed publisher like OUP would go so low on quality despite charging premium price for the book.

⭐A well written and accessible analysis of a very difficult subject.

⭐1. You get to know the famous philosophers of the formative period – Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, Avicenna,..2. There is a big section about philosophy in Anadalusia with Averroes, Ibn Tufayl among others – even Ibn Arabi is presented. The author calls his work “philosophical sufism”.3. Very, very important: It is clearly stated and shown and explained that the time after the formative period was not a time of decline: page 293: “Rather than offering an explanation of this decline, I am going to tell you that there is no decline to explain,…” This section is great: it is very interesting to get to know the philosophers of this period – by the way including Ibn Taymiyya4. You get to know the essence and existence of Hiawatha the giraffe

⭐I’m sorry, but if you can’t publish kindle books properly, then don’t. When I started using a kindle I was conned into buying books that did not work properly for kindle. At the time the availability of a refund was not widely advertised and I consider that money stolen by major publishers who could not be bothered to do the work. Time has moved on and a publisher like OUP should absolutely not be free-riding like this.The problem is that if you have maps, tables and other material that is fixed sized, it will be unreadable on most readers (kindle, tablet etc). Some publishers seem to manage to publish usable ebooks with complex material (eg mathematics, maps, tables) in it. If you can’t be bothered to do that, you should no longer be in the business of selling ebooks. You just waste customers time and for those who don’t get around to getting a refund in time, steal their money. Shame on you.The book may or may not be good in content, but I haven’t been able to tell.

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