Arab-Muslim Philosophy: Generating New Meaning of the World ★ 4.697

Dear listeners, our course “Arab-Muslim Philosophy: Generating new meaning of the world and the human Being” is the unique representation of the basic periods and schools of the Arab-Muslim Philosophy in the aspect of consideration, how this philosophical tradition is generating its own vision and meaning of the world and the Human being. We will start with two main factors, which define the problematic and specific area of this tradition - Islam and Arabic language, we define the methodological foundation.

This course is addressed to everyone who is interested in the culture and history of the vast and populous Muslim world. It is well known that the philosophy of any large community of people, be it a nation or an entire civilization, is a comprehension of the integrity of its life, activity and values created by the total intelligence of this community and expressed in texts. Engagement in a particular aspect of culture, however fascinating it may be by itself, always implies as a foundation an acquaintance to a degree with philosophy of this culture. Therefore, the course will be of interest: - for museum workers dealing with artifacts of the Muslim world; - for those who enthusiastically read translations of classical prose and poetry of this region - for researchers, connoisseurs and collectors of samples of the Muslim art of calligraphy, including modern - for students of the modern state and classical heritage of Muslim architecture - for those interested in the spiritual traditions of the Islamic world, i.e. Sufism - for fans of the tradition of Muslim miniatures, which is incomprehensible without deciphering allusions to the Quranic tradition and Sufism. - This course will be no less interesting for immigrants from the Muslim world who grew up in the West, including those who are not in the first generation, who feel a need to understand and perhaps imbibe the meanings and values of their ancestors in the historical homeland. - Finally, it is also useful for Westerners who have converted to Islam, regardless of their origin.

Five modules of all these lectures aim to provide listeners with guidance for further advanced study of Arab-Muslim philosophical texts. The lectures are aimed at mastering the basic techniques of working with its philosophical doctrines, acquiring hermeneutical skills and abilities. Each module is to provide with basic knowledge of the history of one or two periods or schools of the Arab-Muslim philosophy, and to master the basic arsenal [ˈɑːs(ə)n(ə)l] of operational concepts of its main directions.