الربيع ٢٠٢١، القاهرةمقرر موضوعي

Keys to Reading Ibn ‘Arabī

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تفاصيل المقرر

الدورة: الربيع ٢٠٢١، القاهرة
المدة: ٤ جلسات
طريقة الحضور: مدمج
لغة التدريس: الإنجليزية

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عن المقرر

This course introduces students to Ibn ‘Arabī, the Andalusian Muslim mystic of the 12th/13th century (1165-1240), who is considered the Grand Sheikh of the living Sufi tradition, and author of the possibly, largest Muslim Esoteric Encyclopaedia al-Futūḥat al-Makkīya (The Meccan Openings). Anyone who comes in contact with the writings of Ibn ‘Arabī’, will soon discover the difficulty involved in reading and deciphering them; how Illusive, profound and mysterious they are. Understanding the framework and context in which Ibn ‘Arabī wrote, the backdrop of the religious tradition and the philosophical concepts and language that were inherited and at times, purposefully employed, make his texts much more accessible to students. Hence, this course combines central themes in Sufism and philosophy, designed to help students navigate Ibn ‘Arabī’s primary texts and access layers of meaning, paving the dip into the “ocean without a shore”.

مَن يقدّم المقرر

Saliha Farid Abdelkhalek studied Philosophy and Political Science at the American University in Cairo, Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh, and Philosophy and Contemporary Critical Theory at Middlesex University. She completed her Ph.D. thesis entitled “Being, Reification, and Ritual: The Esoteric Paradigm of Ibn ‘Arabī” at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. Her areas of interests are philosophy of religion, mysticism, philosophy of selfhood and consciousness, medieval Islamic Philosophy, religion, Islamic Studies with a focus on Sufism.

مسار المقرر

يُعرض ٤ جلسات

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a) The Islamic Intellectual Tradition b) Knowledge by presence vs. (absolute) constructivism c) The concept and language- can there be something we can’t speak about? (apophasis) d) Mystical experience: Can I be nothing? e) Embodied knowledge – ritual as a way of knowing and embodying knowledge f) Discursive vs. non-discursive thinking g) Understanding Divine Duality vs. Cartesian Duality: h) Eastern and western phenomenology and existentialism
- Introduction: The Intellectual Tradition in IslamThe Tao of Islam- Murata, p.1
- Revelation, Intellect and Reason in the QuranSufi Essays- Nasr, pp- 52-56
- Mysticism versus PhilosophyIbn al-Arabi’s Barzakh- Salman Bashier, pp.59-74
- Sections: Mistrust in thinking, Elimination of Discursive thinking, The A-thinking thinkingTowards a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism Izutsu pp.147-160
- Divine Duality, p. 49-76The Tao of Islam- Murata.
- “Matter as Cosmic Instrument”Theurgy and the Soul- Shaw, p.31
- “Theurgy as Demiurgy”Theurgy and the Soul- Shaw, p. 50
- “The Paradox of Embodiment”Theurgy and the Soul- Shaw, p.110
- “Ritual and the Human Hierarchy”Theurgy and the Soul- Shaw, p.162
- “Ritual as Cosmogony”Theurgy and the Soul- Shaw, p.173
a) What is Sufism? b) The Cosmic Order c) Fanā and baqā d) Divine Love e) The heart (as intellect) f) Master-Disciple Relationship and the Chain (Sheikh-Mureed-Silsila) g) Servitude/servanthood h) The Divine Names i) The perfect human being j) God, the human being and the world k) Correspondence theory
- What is Sufism?The Shambala Guide to Sufism- Ernst, pp. 1-31
- Seventh-century Sufism and the School of Ibn ‘ArabiSufi Essays, Nasr, pp.97-103
- The three realitiesThe Tao of Islam- Murata, p.23-45
- The HeartThe Tao of Islam, p.289-316
- The Heart as a Subtile Organ, The Science of the HeartAlone with the Alone- Corbin, pp. 221-245
- The Sufis OrdersThe Shambala Guide to Sufism- Ernst, 120-146
- The Names of God, Meditation, and Mystical ExperienceThe Shambala Guide to Sufism- Ernst, pp.81-119
- The Perfect ManIbn al-Arabi’s Barzakh- Bashier, pp.113-128
- The Creation as TheophanyAlone with the Alone- Corbin, p.184
- The two dimensions of BeingsAlone with the Alone- Corbin, p. 207
- Cosmic CorrespondenceMurata- The Tao of Islam, p. 14
l) Introduction to Ibn Arabi m) The Merciful approach – forgiving Pharaoh? n) Waḥdat al wujūd – pantheism? o) gradation of being— does a shadow really exist? p) Literalist approach – traditionalist or blasphemous? q) Servanthood, the perfect human being, the feminine and masculine r) Sharia as onto-cosmic (Neoplatonic order) s) Ritual as the vehicle and embodiment of divine manifestation (Neoplatonic theurgy)
- Ibn ‘Arabī, his life and workThe Sufis of Andalusia, p. 29-49