Intellectual Traditions in Islam

by Farhad Daftary (Editor)

This work explores the role of the intellect in the legal, theological, philosophical, and mystical traditions of Islam, and its continuing relevance in the efforts of the contemporary Muslim world to address the challenges of modernity. Leading scholars who have included chapters--all originally written for this book--include Mohammad Arkoun, Norman Calder, John Cooper, Muhsin Mahdi, Abdulaziz Sachedina, Annemarie Schimmel, and others.

Genres: Islam, History, Philosophy

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 2000

About the author

Farhad Daftary (born 1938) (Persian: فرهاد دفترى‎) is co-director and head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Daftary received his Ph.D. in 1971 from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a consulting editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor (with W. Madelung) of the Encyclopaedia Islamica, and the general editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series and the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series.

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Reviews

[Ron Kastner]

A fascinating compilation of essays that even a non-Islamic scholar (like me) can enjoy, albeit some are somewhat tough going for the non-knowledgeable. The last essay by Mohammed Arkoun, even 30 years after it was written, remains challenging and insightful.

[Drbaqer]

كتاب جميل و مفيد للمهتمين بالدراسات الإسلامية. فرهاد دفتري نجح كعادته في بحث قضايا فقهية و تاريخية و إجتماعية عديدة في الإسلام. مقالات أكاديمية متميزة و مفيدة من أساتذة مخضرمين.