IMAGINAL ISLAM: Henry Corbin and the Metaphysics of the Imaginal World - Softcover

Ahmad, Kamaruzzaman Bustamam

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798224516742

Verlag: KBA13 Insight, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Imaginal Islam: Henry Corbin and the Metaphysics of the Imaginal World is a continuation of my long-term engagement with the thought of Henry Corbin. Building upon my earlier studies of Corbin, this book moves beyond introductory exposition toward a deeper exploration of the imaginal world as a fundamental dimension of Islamic metaphysics. At the heart of this work is Corbin's recovery of ¿¿lam al-mith¿l-the imaginal world that mediates between the sensible and the intelligible. Rather than treating imagination as a psychological faculty or literary metaphor, this book approaches it as an ontological reality through which meaning, symbol, and spiritual knowledge become accessible. Drawing on Corbin's readings of Ibn ¿Arabi, Suhrawardi, and the Illuminationist tradition, the book examines creative imagination as an organ of knowledge, angelology as a metaphysics of mediation, and symbolic perception as a mode of encounter rather than representation. These themes are developed not as abstract doctrines, but as a coherent philosophical vision that challenges modern reductions of religion to law, ideology, or identity. This volume also situates imaginal Islam within the contemporary crisis of meaning. By engaging Corbin's critique of modernity, secularism, and literalism, the book offers an alternative orientation-one that neither rejects critical reason nor surrenders metaphysical depth. Imaginal Islam is presented here as a way of seeing, grounded in Islamic philosophy yet open to universal resonance. Written for readers already familiar with Corbin's work, as well as those seeking a philosophically rigorous entry into his thought, Imaginal Islam is intended as a reflective continuation rather than a repetition. It invites the reader to move from interpretation toward participation, and from conceptual understanding toward attentiveness to the imaginal horizon itself.

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Prof. Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad, Ph.D. is an Indonesian scholar, philosopher, and author whose works explore the intersections of religion, culture, and the moral imagination of modernity. He serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at UIN Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh, and is the founder of KBA13 Insight, a digital think tank and publishing platform dedicated to critical and interdisciplinary analysis of philosophy, geopolitics, religion, and society. Through his writings, Prof. Ahmad bridges classical Islamic thought and global intellectual traditions, inviting readers to reflect on spirituality, ethics, and the future of humanity in an age of transformation.

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• Verlag: KBA13 Insight
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798224516742
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 122
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