scholarly journals Seyyed Hossein Nasr with Ramin Jahanbegloo, In Search of the Sacred

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-135
Author(s):  
Matthew A. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Comparative Religion ◽  
Readable Book ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals

In Search of the Sacred, as the subtitle indicates, lets readers in on a widerangingconversation between Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world’smost prolific Muslim intellectuals, and his cousin, Ramin Jahanbegloo,about Nasr’s life and thought. Terry Moore provides a fine, admirably conciseintroduction, which, like many introductions to Nasr’s thought, occasionallyborders on the hagiographic.Those who are relatively unfamiliar with Nasr’s life, let alone histhought, will learn a lot from this highly readable book and, hopefully,be inspired to read some, or more, of his prodigious oeuvre. It would beof particular interest to students of Islam, comparative religion, religiousstudies, philosophy of religion, political philosophy and theory, and traditionalstudies. Those who are familiar with Nasr’s work, meanwhile, maynot learn much that is new here, although they may gain a different perspectiveor new insights on certain aspects of Nasr’s thought. At times, itfeels as though you are sitting in the same room as Nasr and Jahanbegloo,which is certainly a treat ...

Do all Religious Traditions Worship the Same God?

1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik M. Vroom
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Comparative Religion ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types

Do all religions worship the same God? Sometimes this question is answered positively, sometimes negatively. Various reasons are given. In the first four sections of this paper we will analyse arguments which affirm or deny that all religions worship the same God. We will see that different types of argument are used. Some authors base their answers to our question on their theological insights (section 1); others defend their thesis with reference to the results of studies in comparative religion (section 2); a third type of argument derives from the philosophy of religion (section 3) and a fourth from philosophical views regarding the ultimate unity of the world (section 4). After this survey we will deal with the structure of the various arguments given. What kind of argument is decisive? I will also make some comments on each of these arguments in order to develop my own. We will then draw our conclusion as to the kind of arguments which are appropriate to our theme (section 5). In the last section I will elaborate my own view.

scholarly journals Kant og den moderne pliktbevissthet

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Hjördis Nerheim
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Critique Of Judgment ◽  
Font Size ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Adolf Eichmann ◽  
Political Right

<em><span style="font-family: CronosMM-It_408_10_; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: CronosMM-It_408_10_; font-size: x-small;"><p>Kant’s rejection of rebellion as a political right seems to be problematic for his concept of duty. The paper discusses the trial of the Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann as a possible case against Kant’s political philosophy. It argues, however, that Kant in his Critique of Judgment and in his philosophy of religion has articulated a very sophisticated point of view.</p></span></span></em><span style="font-family: CronosMM-It_408_10_; font-size: x-small;"></span>

Philosophy of Religion or Political Philosophy? The Debate Between Leo Strauss and Julius Guttmann

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-155
Author(s):  
Chiara Adorisio
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Ancient Philosophy ◽  
Leo Strauss ◽  
Medieval Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Methods ◽  
Personal Attitudes ◽  
The Law ◽  
Medieval Jewish Philosophy ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe article reconstructs and examines the debate between Leo Strauss (1899–1973) and Julius Guttmann (1880–1950) on the interpretation of the essence of Jewish medieval philosophy. Is Jewish medieval philosophy characterised by being essentially a philosophy of religion or, as Strauss objected in his critique of Guttmann, is it better understood if we consider that Jewish medieval rationalists conceived the problem of the relationship between philosophy and Judaism primarily as the problem of the relationship between philosophy and the law?Though both Guttmann and Strauss seem to discuss in their works the question of the interpretation of medieval Jewish philosophy in a historical way, their arguments were in fact rooted in a theoretical and philosophical interest. Strauss and Guttmann followed different philosophical methods, had different personal attitudes toward Judaism and faith, but both tried to learn from medieval and ancient philosophy to understand the problems of modern and contemporary rationalism.

The State as “a Consequence of the Curse of Humanity”: The Late Schelling’s Philosophy of Religion and of the State

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Danz
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
The State ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
The Individual

AbstractThis paper analyzes the hitherto neglected political philosophy (Staatsphilosophie) contained in Schelling’s Berlin lectures on the philosophy of mythology and of revelation in the context of the complex and politically charged debates of the German Vormärz period. It will be shown that, in his political philosophy, the Berlin Schelling rejects social contract models of the state and follows conservative theorists who conceive of the state as a collective order that supersedes the individual, while at the same time preserving the freedom of the individual and rejecting religious legitimizations of the state. Schelling’s theory of the state is characterized by its distinctive internal tensions and by its multidimensionality. This complexity of his theory of the state helps to account for the diverse range of receptions and assessments of his political philosophy, both among his contemporaries and by subsequent commentators

scholarly journals Introduction to the Hegel translations

KÜLÖNBSÉG ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imre Bártfai
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Specific Problem ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
Objective Content

In this special issue the editorial aim was to represent the whole spectrum of Hegel’s philosophy within the relatively small scope and size provided. Hegel’s system sprouted from one specific problem, the social effects of religion, but was soon extended to all areas of philosophy ranging from ontology to political philosophy. This issue contains the translations of two texts by Hegel, one on political issues, the other on the philosophy of religion. Other aspects of Hegel’s philosophy are represented by the papers. The first translation is the so called first Wurttenberg text on political issues: he argues for cautious modernization and reform and against swift, radical democratization in political life. The second text is Hegel’s introduction to Wilhelm Hinrichs’s Die Religion im inneren Verhältnisse zur Wissenschaft (1822) in which Hegel expounds his critique of Schleiermacher. He criticizes Schleiermacher and other romantic theorists of religion who deprive faith of its objective content and system in response to the historical-scientific critique of religion by Enlightenment philosophers.

Hoffnung

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-519
Author(s):  
Matthias Lutz-Bachmann
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
Contemporary Theory ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Philosophy Today ◽  
Public Reasoning

Abstract Hope. A Philosophical Outlook The »Concept of Hope« has been established as a central idea in Philosophy not earlier than in the Philosophy of Enlightenment by Kant. In Kant’s Philosophy, the concept of hope is describing a constitutive dimension of »Reason« in its »practical use« which is mediating Political Philosophy with Kant’s Philosophy of Religion. As we can see Kant is following much more the biblical tradition on hope than the former understanding of hope as a virtue in Philosophy. From the insight of Kant, Philosophy today is able to learn about the fundamental importance of the concept of hope for a contemporary theory of public reasoning.

Paul Ricœur et le destin de la phénoménologie

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-160
Author(s):  
Jérôme de Gramont
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
The Other ◽  
Promised Land ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Historical Phenomenology ◽  
The One

Every reader of Ricœur knows that hermeneutics endeavors to answer the aporiae of historical phenomenology. Hence arises the need to return to those aporiae and those answers. On the one hand, phenomenology, born with the maxim of going “directly to things themselves,” is confronted with the incessant evasion of the thing itself and with its dreams of presence being thereby shattered. This reversal should not be blamed on the failings of this or that thinker, but attributed to the very destiny of phenomenology itself. On the other hand, Ricœurian hermeneutics takes note of a gap (the very remoteness of the thing itself), and of a necessary return (to the thing of the text). Thus, there is nothing for thought itself to grieve over with respect to this enterprise. However, while the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty, faced with the same difficulties, orients itself towards political philosophy, the hermeneutics of Ricœur rather seeks to lead us to a philosophy of religion. This article hypothesizes that, in spite of the formula (inherited from Thévenaz) of a “philosophy without an absolute,” the thought of Ricœur heads in fair measure towards the Absolute, and that ontology is not the only name of the Promised Land.

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