TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards Intercultural Dialogue, Synthesis, and Pluralism
T2 - Revisiting Baghdad's House of Wisdom
AU - Abdul-Jabbar, Wisam K.H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Canadian Philosophical Association.
PY - 2019/4/5
Y1 - 2019/4/5
N2 - This study challenges present-day dualisms and divisions, which are reflected in socio-political and intercultural dialogue. The aim of this study is to connect the philosophical discourse of the ninth-century House of Wisdom to modern conceptions of Islam by extending the dialogical rhetoric of that discourse. This study revisits the House of Wisdom, first, to invoke an inclusive, intercultural Islamic tradition that negates the circumscription of Islam by radical views. Second, it reintroduces the liberal arts as pedagogical tools that are central to the Islamic wisdom tradition. Third, it explores the notions of Aql and Fitrah and how they prescribe Hikmah.
AB - This study challenges present-day dualisms and divisions, which are reflected in socio-political and intercultural dialogue. The aim of this study is to connect the philosophical discourse of the ninth-century House of Wisdom to modern conceptions of Islam by extending the dialogical rhetoric of that discourse. This study revisits the House of Wisdom, first, to invoke an inclusive, intercultural Islamic tradition that negates the circumscription of Islam by radical views. Second, it reintroduces the liberal arts as pedagogical tools that are central to the Islamic wisdom tradition. Third, it explores the notions of Aql and Fitrah and how they prescribe Hikmah.
KW - Islamic philosophy
KW - intercultural dialogue
KW - interfaith
KW - radicalization
KW - wisdom tradition
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85045067237
U2 - 10.1017/S0012217318000161
DO - 10.1017/S0012217318000161
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85045067237
SN - 0012-2173
VL - 58
SP - 371
EP - 391
JO - Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
JF - Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
IS - 2
ER -