Publisher | Columbia University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780231185479 |
ISBN 10 | 0231185472 |
Author | Souleymane Bachir Diagne |
Language | English |
Book Description | Open to Reason traces Muslims' long intellectual and spiritual history of questioning to show how Islamic philosophy has always engaged critically with texts and ideas both inside and outside its tradition. Through a rich reading of classical |
About the Author | Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a professor in the departments of French and philosophy at Columbia University. His books in English include African Art as Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson, and the Idea of Negritude (2011) and The Ink of the Scholars: Reflections on Philosophy in Africa (2016). |
Publication Date | 9 May 2023 |
Number of Pages | 136 pages |
Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition