Nietzsche and Islam
In the light of the 'post September 11th' debates with focus on aspects of the 'clash of civilisation' thesis, the issue of Islamic identity is a crucial one. This book provides an insight into Friedrich Nietzsche's views on religion and shows that his philosophy can make an...
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| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge
2007.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies
11 |
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Table of Contents:
- The clash of civilisations: background to the debate and work outlined
- The historical versus the transhistorical: terms defined
- Nietzsche's religiosity
- The soul as text: the Qur'anic paradigm
- The soul as deriving from Jahiliyya
- The soul as deriving from the time of the Prophet and Rashidun
- The real threat: Islam's Platonism behind the mask of liberalism.