Philosophical Perspectives on Modern Qur’anic Exegesis
by Massimo Campanini
Paperback (Published)
(October 2016)
ISBN: 9781781792315
6.1 x 9.17 inches
Price: $29.95
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Hardback (Published)
(October 2016)
ISBN: 9781781792308
6.1 x 9.17 inches
Price: $29.95
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This book explores the possibility of a hermeneutics of the Qur’an. It starts from the presupposition that the Qur’an can be studied as a philosophical book. Thus the analysis is theoretical more than historical. Many philosophers commented the Qur’an and many supported their theories by resorting to the Qur’an. Thinkers like Fakhr al-Din al-Razi connected traditional theology and philosophy in their Qur’anic commentary. Others like Nasr Abu Zayd used philosophy to deconstruct the Qur’an paving the way for a modern humanistic hermeneutics. This book tries to go a step further: it aims to offer a path within the Qur’an that – through philosophy – leads to a fresh understanding of fundamental tenets of Islamic thought, most importantly tawhid – God’s oneness – and to a fresh reading of the Qur’anic text. This book applies the phenomenological and ontological hermeneutics of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger to the study of the Qur’an going far beyond Annemarie Schimmel’s phenomenological approach that is neither philosophical nor properly phenomenological (in Husserl’s sense).
- By (author) Massimo Campanini
"...This is an innovative and valuable addition to the growing literature on the Qur'an and philosophy and is worth serious attention." --Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky, Philosophy East and West 68.1 (January 2018) "This is an excellent introductory text for students researching the field of hermeneutics, Qur'an and Islamic Studies. The style and use of language is consistent and unambiguous. [...] Overall, this is a recommended text for scholars and students seeking to engage with the Quran from a philosophical, or more specifically, a deep intellectual perspective." --Imran Khan Suddahazai, The Muslim World Book Review 38.4 (2018)
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