An Introduction to Contemporary Islamic Philosophy 3rd Edition by Mohammad Fana  Eshkevari 1907905030 9781907905032

Contemporary Islamic Philosophy provides an overview of thenphilosophical contributions of twelve of the most prominentntwentieth-century Islamic philosophers, many of whom hail fromnthe Iranian philosophical tradition. It features translated excerptsnfrom their philosophical works and explanations of their uniquencontributions to the field of Islamic philosophy, as well as a briefnhistory of the development of Islamic philosophy and the state ofnIslamic philosophy today. The book discusses philosophersnwhose names are well known in the West, such as AyatollahnRuhullah Khomeini, Ayatollah Murtada Mutahhari, and AllamahnMuhammad Husayn Tabatabai as well as some thinkers whonhave received less attention outside the Islamic world, such asnSayyid Ahmad Fardid and Mahdi Hairi Yazdi. Other philosophersnfeatured include Sayyid Jalal al-Din Ashtiyani, MuhammadnTaqi Jafari, Ayatollah Hasanzadeh Amuli, Ayatollah JavadinAmuli, and Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi.nMohammad Fanai Eshkevari studied both at the Qom seminarynin Iran as well as McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where henreceived his PhD in philosophy. He has published extensively onnphilosophy, mysticism, and religion.