sayyed hussein nasr and modernity

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Challenges of Modernityand its response from Nasr


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About Seyyed Hussein NasrHossein Nasr (born April 7, 1933-) is an Iranian UniversityProfessor of Islamic t!"ies at #eor$e %as&in$ton University, UA'an" a prominent Islamic p&ilosop&er'eyye" Hossein Nasr, c!rrently University Professor of Islamic t!"iesat t&e #eor$e %as&in$ton University, %as&in$ton '' is one of t&e

most important an" foremost sc&olars of Islamic, *eli$io!s an"omparative t!"ies in t&e +orl" to"ay'Nasr +as t&e rst !slim to "eliver t&e presti$io!s #i.or"/ect!res, an" in year 0, a vol!me +as "evote" to &im in t&e/ibrary of /ivin$ P&ilosop&ers'Professor Nasr spea2s an" +rites base" on t&e "octrine an" t&e

vie+points of t&e perennial p&ilosop&y on s!bects s!c& asp&ilosop&y, reli$ion, spirit!ality, m!sic, art, arc&itect!re, science,literat!re, civili4ation "ialo$!es, an" t&e nat!ral environmentNasr spea2s Persian, 5n$lis&, 6renc&, #erman, panis& an" Arabic!entl '


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Awards and honors In year 0, a vol!me +as "evote" to &im in t&e

/ibrary of /ivin$ P&ilosop&ers' 8empleton *eli$ion an"cience A+ar" (1999)

6irst !slim an" rst non-%estern sc&olar to "eliver t&e

presti$io!s #i.or" /ect!res

Honorary octor of Uppsala University, +e"en (1977)

He +as nominate" an" +on in$ 6aisal 6o!n"ationa+ar", b!t &is pri4e +as +it&"ra+n !pon t&e pri4e

2no+le"$e of &is bein$ a &ia' He +as notie" of+innin$ t&e pri4e in 1979 b!t later t&e pri4e +as+it&"ra+n +it& no e:planation'


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As Author

8&e Harperollins t!"y ;!ran In earc& of t&e acre", +it& *amin


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As Author cont.

8&e Islamic Intellect!al 8ra"ition in Persia, e"ite" by e&"i Aminra4avi 8&e #ar"en of 8r!t&? 8&e ision an" Promise of !sm, Islam>s ystical 8ra"ition

8&ree !slim a$es cience an" ivili4ation in Islam Islamic cience? An Ill!strate" t!"y *eli$ion an" t&e Br"er of Nat!re

!&amma"? an of #o" Islamic t!"ies? 5ssays on /a+ an" ociety, t&e ciences, an" P&ilosop&y

an" !sm 8&e Heart of Islam? 5n"!rin$ al!es for H!manity Islamic P&ilosop&y from its Bri$in to t&e Present? P&ilosop&y in t&e /an" of

Prop&ecy Poems of t&e %ay 8&e Pil$rima$e of /ife an" t&e %is"om of *!mi Islam? *eli$ion, History, an" ivili4ation Islam, cience, !slims, an" 8ec&nolo$y? eyye" Hossein Nasr in

onversation +it& !4a.ar ICbal


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As Editor

8&e 5ssential 6rit& of c&!on

*eli$ion of t&e Heart? 5ssays Presente" to 6rit&of c&!on on &is 5i$&tiet& Dirt&"ay,

e"ite" +it& %illiam to""art

History of Islamic P&ilosop&y, e"ite" +it& Bliver /eaman

8&e 5ssential op&ia, e"ite" +it& at&erine B>Drien

An Ant&olo$y of P&ilosop&y in Persia, e"ite" +it& e&"i Aminra4avi (E vols')

Islamic pirit!ality (ol' 1? 6o!n"ationsF ol' 0? anifestations)&i>ism? octrines, 8&o!$&t, an" pirit!ality, e"ite" +it& eyye" ali *e4a Nasr an"

5:pectation of t&e illeni!m? &i>ism in History, e"ite" +it& eyye" ali *e4a Nasr an" Hami"abas&i

In ;!est of t&e acre"? 8&e o"ern %orl" in t&e /i$&t of 8ra"ition, e"ite" +it& at&erineB>Drien

An Annotate" Diblio$rap&y of Islamic cience, e"ite" +it& %illiam &ittic2 an" Peter Girnis (3

vols')Isma>ili ontrib!tions to Islamic !lt!re, e"ite" by eyye" Hossein Nasr

ecca t&e Dlesse", a"ina t&e *a"iant, p&oto$rap&s by Ali a4!yo Nomac&iF essay by eyye"Hossein Nasr


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8&e %or2s of eyye" Hossein Nasr 8&ro!$& His 6ortiet&Dirt&"ay, e"ite" by %illiam &ittic2

no+le"$e is /i$&t? 5ssays in Honor of eyye" HosseinNasr, e"ite" by Gailan oris

Deacon of no+le"$e - 5ssays in Honor of eyye"Hossein Nasr, e"ite" by o&amma" 6a$&foory

8&e P&ilosop&y of eyye" Hossein Nasr, e"ite" by/'5' Ha&n, *' A!:ier, an" /'%' tone

In earc& of t&e acre" by eyye" Hossein Nasr an"*amin


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People livin$ in t&e Islamic %orl" to"ay

P!rely 8ra"itionalis

8ra"itional

valt!es an"ombination

ofo"ernissm

o calle"6!n"amentali

st

Dlatanto"ernist

No lon$erbelon$in$ in

Islamicocities


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eoples of !slamic world those who are interested in religion

Ulema

o"ernist

(Intereste"

in reli$ion)

8ra"itionalA!t&o!ritesin $eneral

(!)


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Who are the Muslim modernists"#ra"!ates from %estern e"!cational

instit!tions? blin" acceptance is an i"ol

#ra"!ates from Islamic +orl"s e"!cational

instit!tionsIn!ence" by mo"erni4e" Hin"!s,

D!""&ists an" ot&er Brientalists'

5:ample?


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Why $lama can not confront Modernism andModern world"

*eli$io!s instit!tions are bac2"ate"

!slims lea"ers "i" not concentratere$ar"in$ Islamic 5"!cation

!rric!l!m is not !p"ate" to confront %est

Political ca!ses

H d h f t ill


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How and why confront willbe"

&a&a"a&, as a s+or", m!st be !se" to brea2 t&efalse i"ols of t&e ne+ a$e of i$norance(a&iliyya&) +&ic& so many !slims accepts+it&o!t even bot&erin$ to C!estion t&eir nat!re'

It s&o!l" never be for$otten t&at in t&e presentsit!ation any form of criticism of t&e mo"ern+orl" base" on meta-p&ysical an" reli$io!sprinciples is an act of c&arity in its profo!n"estsense an" in accor"ance +it& t&e most centralvirt!es of Islam'


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Hope for the futureast maority of !slims

%i"e !slims bor"er

Islamic !lt!re is still a livin$ reality

*eactions a$ainst so calle" !slim mo"ernists from !slim

societiesPresent $eneration of mo"erni4e" !slims is m!c& less

con"ent abo!t t&e absol!te val!e of %estern civili4ation

*eection a$ainst of so calle" !slim mo"ernists anin"ication t&at Islamic c!lt!re still possesses vitality'

Iranian proverbs? As lon$ as t&e root of t&e plant is in+ater, t&ere is still &opeJ


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Some Western challenges to !slam

Mar%ism

Socialism

&arwinism

'reudian #heory

E%istentialism

En(iornmental Crisis


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Mar%ismar:ism is a +orl"vie+ an"

met&o" of societal analysist&at foc!ses on class relationsan" societal conict, t&at !sesa

materialist interpretation of &istorical "evelopment, an" a "ialectical vie+ ofsocial transformation'

In t&e mi"-to-late 19t&cent!ry, t&e intellect!al tenets of ar:ism +ere inspire" byt+o #erman p&ilosop&ers?arl ar: an" 6rie"ric& 5n$els'

ar:ism "evelope" a blin" an"!nintelli$ent obe"ience +ic& lea" to asenseless cofrontation an" nallyamental sclerosis res!ltin$ in !ntol" &armto t&e yo!t& of Islamic society'

People are rea"y to solve t&eir societal

problems accor"in$ to ar:ist point ofvie+ not form Islamic point of vie+'

ar:ism +ir& an Islamic veneer, creatin$a most temptin$ trap for certain simpleso!ls' 8&is insi"io!s !se of reli$ion, often+it& "irect political aims in min", is isfact more "an$ero!s t&an anti-re2i$io!s

an" al least &onest ar:ism, an"correspon"s to t&e t&o!$&t an" attit!"eof t&at class of ment +&om t&e ;!rancalls t&e munafqun'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_classhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_philosophyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engelshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engelshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_philosophyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class


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Socialism

ocialism is a social an"economic system c&aracterise"by social o+ners&ip of t&emeans of pro"!ction an" co-operative mana$ement of t&e

economy, as +ell as a politicalt&eory an" movement t&at aimsat t&e establis&ment of s!c& asystem' Kocial o+ners&ipK mayrefer to cooperative enterprises,common o+ners&ip,

state o+ners&ip, citi4eno+ners&ip of eC!ity, or anycombination of t&ese'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_ownershiphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Means_of_productionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ownershiphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_ownershiphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_ownershiphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ownershiphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Means_of_productionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_ownership


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&arwinism

ar+inism is a t&eory ofbiolo$ical evol!tion "evelope"by &arles ar+in an" ot&ers,statin$ t&at all species ofor$anisms arise an" "evelop

t&ro!$& t&e nat!ral selectionof small, in&erite" variationst&at increase t&e in"ivi"!al>sability to compete, s!rvive,an" repro"!ce'

&arles *obert ar+in p!blis&e"On the Origin o Species

ar+inian t&eory of evol!tion, +ic& ismeta-p&ysically impossible an" lo$icallyabs!r", &as been s!btly +oven in certainC!arters into some aspects of Islamict&o!$&t "ealin$ +it& t&e life an" &istoryof man2in$ to pro"!ce a most

!nfort!nate an" sometimes "an$ero!sblen"'

8&e $eneral ten"ency amon$ !slimsa.ecte" by t&e evol!tionist mentality isto for$et t&e +&ole Islamic conception oft&e marc& of time' 5sc&atalo$icalnarration ;!ranic verses an" &a"it&s

+ere i$nore" even t&e comin$ of Imama&"i'

5vol!tionary i"eas enable men to for$et#o"'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Robert_Darwinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Specieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Specieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Robert_Darwin


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*eferencesNasr, eyye" Hossein' (19L9)' Expectation o

the Millenium: Shiism in History , tateUniversity of Ne+ =or2 Press

Nasr, eyye" Hossein' (19LL)' Islam and thePlight o Modern Man. /a&ore, !&ail Aca"emy

Nasr, eyye" Hossein' (1997)' an an"Nat!re' &ica$o? a4i P!blications

Nasr, eyye" Hossein' (19L7)' 8ra"itionalIslam in t&e o"ern %orl"' /on"on? PI


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'reudian #heory

Sigismund Schlomo wasan Austrian neurologist*now known as the fatherof psychoanalysis.

In creatin$ psyc&oanalysis, aclinical met&o" for treatin$psyc&opat&olo$y t&ro!$&"ialo$!e bet+een a patientan" a psyc&oanalyst' Hereecte" t&e reality of #o"

an" +as oppose" to t&emainstream of


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E%istentialism

5:istentialism is a termapplie" to t&e +or2 of certainlate 19t&- an" 0t&-cent!ryp&ilosop&ers +&o, "espiteprofo!n" "octrinal

"i.erences, s&are" t&e belieft&at p&ilosop&ical t&in2in$be$ins +it& t&e &!man s!bectMnot merely t&e t&in2in$s!bect, b!t t&e actin$, feelin$,livin$ &!man in"ivi"!al'

ier2e$aar", ostoyevs2y,Niet4sc&e,artre t&e fo!n"er

After 0n" +orl" +ar, It&a" a serio!s e.ect!pon !slim +orl"'

5:istentialism +or2sespecially in itsa$nostic vein, aninsi"io!s "an$er for

Islamic intellect!allife'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevskyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzschehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzschehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevskyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual


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