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Sarhan Dhouib will present the three volumes of the series “Experiences of Injustice in Transcultural Perspective” as part of the Ibn Rushd Lectures, discussing, among other things, the critical function of philosophy in general and in authoritarian states in particular, and how criticism can be formulated and expressed under authoritarian circumstances. (Event in Arabic and German)
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Die Aufzeichnung der Vorlesung “Dynamik des Seins. Aktuelle Perspektiven auf Ontologie in Iran”, die Roman Seidel und Mansooreh Khalilizand im Rahmen der von der Wiener Gesellschaft für Interkultuerelle Philosophie und dem Netzwerk “Philosphie in der islamischen Welt der Moderne” am Do 5.5.2022 gehalten haben, ist nun online verfügbar.
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In two talks this concluding panel of the Lecture Series “Philosophizing in the Islamic Modern World. An Intercultural Perspective” is devoted to Developements of Academic Philosophy in Modern Turkey. Zeynep Direk (Koç University, Istanbul) will discuss “The Ideal of Turkish Modernity in Turkish Philosophical Humanism” followed by a presentation of Christoph Herzog (University of Bamberg) which will be focussing “On the Institutionalization of Academic Philosophy in the Republic of Turkey (1930s to 1970s).
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Die Aufzeichnung der Vorlesung “Nassif Nassar über philosophische Unabhängigkeit und menschliche Freiheit”, die Elizabeth Suzane Kassab und Michaek Frey im Rahmen der von der Wiener Gesellschaft für Interkultuerelle Philosophie und dem Netzwerk “Philosphie in der islamischen Welt der Moderne” am Do 7.4.2022 gehalten haben, ist nun online verfügbar.
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This panel is devoted to aspects of metaphysics in contemporary Iran. An introductory overview will focus on the context, basic ideas and meaning of Molla Sadra’s Philosphy in Iran today. The following presentation will outline the main lines of Ṣadrā’s thought, as well as some of his core concepts, explore the innovative nature of his philosophical system and discuss how central Islamic concepts – Allah, Qur’an, creation – undergo a radical philosophical transformation.
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Öffentlicher Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Frank Griffel (Yale) am Mittwoch, 27. April 2022 um 18:15 Uhr, hybrid und an der Universität Göttingen
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The as yet unpublished work “Studie über den Islam und seine gegenwärtige Bedeutung” (Study on Islam and its Contemporary Significance) , written by the Syrian philosopher Nayef Ballouz is now available as vol. 3 of the book series “Philosophy in the Modern Middle East” (Berlin: de Gruyter October 2021). Originally written in the 1980s the work is now accessible in the German translation by Alexander Flores.
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Die Aufzeichnung der Vorlesung “Kritikauffassungen in der arabischsprachigen Philosophie”, die Anke von Kügelgen und Sarhan Dhouib im Rahmen der von der Wiener Gesellschaft für Interkultuerelle Philosophie und dem Netzwerk “Philosphie in der islamischen Welt der Moderne” am Do 17.3.2022 gehalten haben, ist nun online verfügbar.
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The conference “Forms and Functions of Islamic Philosophy” – taking place online on Thursday, March 31, 2022 and Friday, April 1, 2022 – seeks to highlight how Islamic philosophy (falsafa/ḥikma) was practiced “in conversation”—between scholars, with various audiences, and with different disciplines, approaches, and rhetoric.
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The lecture series “Philosophising in the Islamic Modern World” presents aspects of philosophical discourses from different Middle Eastern language areas on the basis of debates on critique, secularity, speculative realism and modernity in a systematic and intercultural perspective. In four panels, the international guests will address various philosophical thematic fields in an interdisciplinary and intercultural way and explore the possibility of global philosophising.
