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Philosophical Hermeneutics and Islamic Thought

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Editors:
  1. Sylvain Camilleri

    1. Department of Philosophy, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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  2. Selami Varlik

    1. Department of Philosophy, Istanbul 29 Mayis University, Istanbul, Turkey

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  • Explores hermeneutics through the lens of Islamic thought
  • Details why and how current Muslim thinkers refer to Continental philosophy
  • Presents balanced comparative studies

Part of the book series: Contributions to Hermeneutics (CONT HERMEN, volume 10)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  4. Contemporary Islamic Thought

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Building Islamic Thought on New Foundations: Shabestari’s Manifold Use of Hermeneutics

      • Constance Arminjon
      Pages 109-122

    3. Revelation, Prophetic Reading of the World, and the End of Fiqh. Shabestari’s Hermeneutical Approach to the Qur’ān

      • Mansooreh Khalilizand
      Pages 123-132

    4. Retrieving the Foundations and Future of Islamic Modernism: Rahman and Shabestari on Hermeneutics, Prophetic Epistemology, and the Modern Islamic State

      • Ezra Tzfadya
      Pages 133-144

    5. Twentieth Century Commentary of the Qur’ān: From Hermeneutics to Praxis: Maqāṣid al-Shari‘a and Maqāṣid al-Qur’ān

      • Massimo Campanini
      Pages 145-155

    6. Hermeneutics and Islamic Liberation Theologies: Hasan Hanafi and Hamid Dabashi

      • Carool Kersten
      Pages 157-168

  5. Continental Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. On the Limits of Islamist Heideggerianism: A Critique of Sayyidian Onto-Theology

      • Syed Mustafa Ali
      Pages 171-192

    3. Toward a “Devilish Hermeneutics” of the Qur’ān

      • Sylvain Camilleri
      Pages 193-202

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 203-205
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About this book

This book investigates the methodological issues raised by the encounter between Islamic thought and contemporary philosophical hermeneutics. It features essays that examine why and how current Muslim thinkers refer to Continental philosophy. The contributors put the universality of the hermeneutic order to the test with three different approaches.

The first looks at exegetical aspects. It addresses contemporary thinkers from the Islamicate world who have engaged critically or not with main representatives or key concepts of philosophical hermeneutics. The second presents an interpretative analysis. The essays here present attempts at using philosophical hermeneutics in order to develop new interpretations of canonical or traditional ensembles of texts such as the Qur’an and the Hadith as well as legal, spiritual, and philosophical corpuses from the Islamicate world. The third looks at different political and critical issues.

The clear and sound reference to religion ofIslamic thought makes its entanglement with philosophical hermeneutics a burning challenge for all parties involved. Is it true, as some contend, that philosophical hermeneutics can help interpret Islamic thought anew? This book reveals how the two philosophies are likely to expand each other’s horizons and influence each other’s conceptual frameworks. It features revised papers from an International Conference.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Sylvain Camilleri

  • Department of Philosophy, Istanbul 29 Mayis University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Selami Varlik

About the editors

Sylvain Camilleri is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department of the Catholic University of Louvain. His areas of specialization are continental philosophy of religion and contemporary Islamic thought. He has authored two monographs on Heidegger and several articles on thinkers such as Mohammed Arkoun, Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid and Hassan Hanafi. 

Selami Varlik is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department of the Istanbul 29 Mayis University in Turkey. His areas of specialization are phenomenological hermeneutics (Ricoeur, Gadamer) and Islamic philosophy, especially Avicenna. He has authored articles on these topics as well as on contemporary Islamic thought and a monograph on appropriation in Ricoeur.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophical Hermeneutics and Islamic Thought

  • Editors: Sylvain Camilleri, Selami Varlik

  • Series Title: Contributions to Hermeneutics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92754-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92753-0Published: 04 May 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92756-1Published: 05 May 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92754-7Published: 03 May 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2509-6087

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-6095

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 205

  • Topics: Hermeneutics, Islam, Philosophy of Religion

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