Arabic Philosophy

Ibn Kammūna on the argument of the Flying Man in Avicenna's Išārāt and al-Suhrawardī's Talwīḥāt

by Lukas Muehlethaler

Published in: Y. Tzvi Langermann (ed.) Avicenna and his Legacy: A Golden Age of Science and Philosophy, Turnhout: Brepols, 2009, 179-203.

call for papers-Metamorphosis of the Arab World-Political Geography and Alternative Maps

by barış çoban

Metamorphosis of The Arab World:
Political Geography and Alternative Maps

Editors: Barış Çoban, Barış Erdoğan

The so-called "Arab Spring", recent social movements in the Arab world, which can also be described as the "return of the oppressed", have attracted international attention on the Middle East and Arab world. The Middle East, North Africa and Turkey have been profoundly affected by this political and social metamorphosis. The objective of this project is to discuss “metamorphosis of the Arab world” in the context of international relations, politics, sociology, economics and communications and so on by the contribution of several academicians, researchers, politicians and journalists.
The geography of the Arab world is in a process of metamorphosis and consequently traditional structure of the Arab world, its power structure, power relations, politics and social relations have been fluctuated by the hand of the global super power(s). In fact, “All that is solid melts into air", this expression summarizes clearly what is happening in the Middle East and North Africa. The possible outcomes and/or result of this ongoing process are vague, and it needs to be discussed with its all aspects.
As a result, our focus is on “metamorphosis” of the Middle East and the Arab world, since it simultaneously means “metamorphosis” of the world. This book project aims to address and discuss transformation and subsequent reformation of societies and changes in the political geographies and mental maps of the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey from past to present with a multi-voice and multi-layer approach.

(Papers can be submitted in English, French and Turkish)
Deadline for Abstracts: June 1, 2012
Deadline for Full Paper: December 25, 2012
(Please use APA style)

E-mail:
barishc@gmail.com
baris.erdogan1974@hotmail.com,

Editors:
Barış Çoban (Assoc. Prof. Dr., Department of Communication Studies, Dogus University, Turkey)
Barış Erdoğan (Assist Prof. Dr., Department of Political Sciences, Yeni Yuzyil University, Turkey)

Métamorphose du monde arabe:
Géographie politique et des cartes alternatives
Editeurs: Barış Çoban, Barış Erdoğan
Les mouvenents sociaux recents apparus dans une large partie du monde arabe, appellés communement «printemps arabe», peuvent également être décrit comme le «retour de l'opprimé», ont attiré l'attention internationale sur le Moyen-Orient et le monde arabe. Le Moyen-Orient, l'Afrique du Nord et la Turquie ont été profondément touchés par cette métamorphose politique et sociale. L'objectif de ce projet est de discuter «la métamorphose du monde arabe » dans le contexte des relations internationales, politique, sociologie, économie et communication et ainsi de suite par les biais de la contribution de plusieurs universitaires, chercheurs, politiciens et journalistes.
La géographie du monde arabe est dans un processus de métamorphose et par conséquent la structure traditionnelle du monde arabe, sa structure de pouvoir, les relations de pouvoir, la politique et les relations sociales se sont gravement écroulés par la main de la(des) puissance(s) mondiale(s). En fait, «Tout ce qui est solide se dissout dans l'air", cette expression résume bien ce qui se passe au Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord. Les résultats possible et / ou résultat de ce processus en cours sont vagues, et ils doivent être discuté dans tous ses aspects.
Par conséquent, nous nous concentrons sur la métamorphose du Moyen-Orient et du monde arabe, puisqu'elle constitue à la fois la métamorphose du monde. Ce projet a pour objectif d'aborder et discuter de la transformation et la réforme de ces sociétés ainsi que les modifications de la géographie politique et cartes mentales du Moyen-Orient , de l'Afrique du Nord et de la Turquie du passé au présent, avec un multi-voix et une approche multicouche.
Transmission des propositions et date limite
Vorte propositions doit etre transmise a baris.erdogan1974@hotmail.com ou barishc@gmail.com au plus tard le 1er juin 2012. Les articles peuvent être rédigés en anglais, français ou en turc

ECHEANCIERS
- Date limite de réception des propositions : 1er juin 2012
- Date limite de réception des articles : 25 décembre 2012
Information technique
Les propositions, d’un maximum de deux pages, en format Microsoft Word ou PDF, 12 points, devront contenir: le titre de la proposition; le sujet; le nom de l’auteur ou des auteurs; l’institution ou organisation à laquelle vous êtes attaché
Articles
- les articles ne pourront dépasser, avec leur bibliographie, 30 000 caractères, espaces non compris;
- ils devront inclure un résumé de 150 mots maximum qui devra être présenté en français, en anglais ou en turque;

Editeurs :
Dr. Barış Çoban, maitre de conférence, le département de communication, l’Universite de Doğuş, Turquie.
Dr. Barış ERDOGAN, maitre de conférence adjoint, le département des relations internationales l’Université de Yeni Yüzyıl, Turquie.

Arap Dünyasının Dönüşümü:
Siyasetin Coğrafyası ve Alternatif Haritalar

Editörler: Barış Çoban, Barış Erdoğan

Arap ülkelerinde yaşanan ve “Arap Baharı” olarak adlandırılan, “bastırılmış olanın geri döndüğü” kitle hareketleri sonrasında tüm dünyanın gözü yeniden Ortadoğu ve diğer Arap ülkelerine odaklandı. Ortadoğu, Kuzey Afrika ve Türkiye yaşanan siyasal ve toplumsal bu dönüşümden derin bir biçimde etkilenmekte. Bu sürecin uluslararası ilişkiler, siyaset, sosyoloji, ekonomi ve iletişim vb. alanları bağlamında tartışılmasını amaçlayan bu kitap projesi, farklı disiplinlerden akademisyen, araştırmacı, siyasetçi ve gazetecilerin katkılarından oluşacaktır.
Söz konusu coğrafyada bir yılı aşkın bir süredir küresel iktidar(lar)ın da farklı biçimlerde müdahil olduğu toplumsal hareketler geleneksel iktidar yapılarını, siyaset biçimlerini ve toplumsal ilişkileri parçalamakta. Ortadoğu ve Kuzey Afrika’da “katı olan her şey buharlaşmakta”. Bu coğrafyada kurulma aşamasında olan yeni düzende siyasi ve sosyal aktörlerin bu buharlaşmanın ardından nasıl bir katılaşma süreci izleyeceği ise şimdilik belirsiz ve üzerinde çok boyutlu olarak düşünülmesi gereken bir konu.
Sonuç olarak, odak noktamız Ortadoğu’nun ve Arap Dünyasının dönüşümüdür, çünkü bu dönüşüm eşzamanlı olarak dünyanın dönüşümüdür. Bu kitap projesi Ortadoğu, Kuzey Afrika ve Türkiye coğrafyası bağlamında tarihten günümüze siyasal ve zihinsel haritaların değişimi ve toplumların dönüşümünü çoksesli, çok katmanlı bir yaklaşımla ele almayı ve tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır.

(Makaleler Türkçe, İngilizce, Fransızca dillerinde yazılabilir)
Makale Başlığı ve Özeti Gönderimi Son Tarih: 1 Haziran 2012
Tamamlanmış Makale Gönderimi Son Tarih: 25 Aralık 2012
(Makaleler APA formatına göre yazılacaktır.)

İletişim:
barishc@gmail.com
baris.erdogan1974@hotmail.com

(Barış Çoban, Doç. Dr. Doğuş Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, İletişim Bilimleri Bölümü)
(Barış Erdoğan, Yrd. Doç. Dr., Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversitesi, İktisadi İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü)

call for papers-

Metamorphosis of the Arab World-
Political Geography and Alternative Maps
more call for papers-

Metamorphosis of the Arab World-
Political Geography and Alternative Maps

Métamorphose du monde arabe:
Géographie politique et des cartes alternatives

Arap Dünyasının Dönüşümü:
Siyasetin Coğrafyası ve Alternatif Haritalar

Guardando verso Sud, a cura di Elisabetta Fazzini e Eleonora Cianci. Ed. Rocco Carabba Lanciano 2009

by Eleonora Cianci

Quaderni del Mediterraneo 2. Collana Diretta da Bernardo Razzotti. Università 'G. d'Annunzio' di Chieti-Pescara, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere. Atti della Convenzione Internazionale tra l'Università 'G. d'Annunzio' di Chieti-Pescara e l'Université '7 Novembre à Carthage' di Tunisi.

Review of Ruth GLASNER, Averroes' Physics: A Turning Point in Medieval Natural Philosophy Medieval

by Daniel Davies

Review to appear in The Journal of Qur'anic Studies 14.1 in April 1012.

Averroes,'Long Commentary on the'De Anima'of Aristotle'(Taylor translation)

by Jessica L. Radin

Darfur: Ground Zero for Africa’s Crises of Identity

by Patrick James Christian

A psycho-Historiography of Darfur's Tribes in Conflict
Nova Southeastern University Graduate School of Humanities & Social Science, Department of Conflict Analysis & Resolution

Introduction 2
Darfur: A Broken Place 3
Identity Disintegration in Darfur 5
Applying identity conflict theory 6
The Arabs 8
Arab Identity Subordination of Islam 9
Arab Hierarchical Ownership of the Islamic Ummah 10
Islamic Universality and the Fractured Identity of Arab Muslims 10
Islamic Universality of Ethnic Inclusion versus African Diffusion 12
The Africans 12
The Language of Religion and of Slaves 17
Islam and Paganism: the Sacred and the profane in Contest in Darfur 18
Law & Social Order: Sharia versus African Communal Justice 20
Psychological and Emotional Trauma as Spoilers to Identity Definition 22
“Intervention” Resolving Identity Conflict & Managing Psychological Trauma 24
Securing the Population 24
Stabilizing the Population 25
Rebuilding the Psycho-Sociological Structures of Human Societies 26
Conclusion 27
References 29
Notes 36

Diplomatic and peacekeeping initiatives by the international community in emerging cultures in conflict have failed to... more Diplomatic and peacekeeping initiatives by the international community in emerging cultures in conflict have failed to stem the violence and resolve the underlying conditions. Based primarily on political analysis, such initiatives do not address the underlying causes of the civil war at the individual, family, and tribal levels. This paper examines the psychological and sociological motivations for the violence within and between the Arab and African tribes of Darfur, to include motivation exploration of ethnic defections, failing cultural identity markers, and the effects of cognitive dissonance of the personal and social identities of the Darfur tribes. Research suggests that the identities of the African and Arab tribes are deeply contested over ethnicity, tribalism, religion, race and the generational memory that historical narratives provide. This fundamental identity conflict is overlaid by decades of violent physical, psychological and emotional assault upon the population. The result is a fundamental change of the psycho-sociology of tribal life and threatens disintegration and disestablishment of large group identity. The resulting societal and leadership breakdown of and within the tribes creates conditions of warlord-ism commonly found in ungoverned states such as Somalia. The paper concludes that the international community will ultimately fail unless measures are taken to create conditions for survival of the tribes physically, psychologically and sociologically.

A definição do amor em Avicena

by Pedro Schmidt

A teoria dos humores em Ibn Sina

by Pedro Schmidt

O lugar da gramática entre as ciências: uma leitura do "De scientiis" de Al-Farabi

by Pedro Schmidt

Monism and Monotheism in al-Ghazali's Mishkat al-anwar

by Alexander Treiger

The Incompetent

by Mohamed Eno

the poem is part of my forthcoming petry book: Guilt of Otherness

It is under review with a literary critic. It is under review with a literary critic.

So Noxious a Premonition

by Mohamed Eno

Excerpted from my forthcoming volume Guilt of Otherness: A Brief Personal Memoir in Poetry

Strong and weak leadership exist everywhere, in every profession, and academia is not an exception. This verse is... more Strong and weak leadership exist everywhere, in every profession, and academia is not an exception. This verse is dedicated to all men and women academics who at some point in their professional life felt oppressed, frustrated or marginalized for one reason or another by the powers that be in their respective institutions.

Argument in Support and Against of Hofstede Work

by Abed El-azez Safi

This individual paper aims to provide an overview about Hofstede’s work of describing the five culture dimensions and... more This individual paper aims to provide an overview about Hofstede’s work of describing the five culture dimensions and discusses both sides of these arguments.
Hofstede’s work on culture is the most widely cited in existence (Bond 2002; Hofstede 1997). His observations and analysis provide scholars and practitioners with a highly valuable insight into the dynamics of cross-cultural relationships. However, such a groundbreaking body of work does not escape criticism. Hofstede has been dogged by academics discrediting his work in part or whole. On the other side of this contentious argument are academics that support his work. Far more scholars belong on the pro-Hofstede team than do not, most quote Hofstede’s work with unabashed confidence, many including his findings as absolute assumptions.
"Undoubtedly, the most significant cross-cultural study of work-related values is the one carried out by Hofstede” (Bhagat and McQuaid 1982).
Much interest has been placed on culture in business in the last two decades, and it has never been as important in business terms as it is today. The study of the field began in earnest with the work of Hofstede with his landmark study of IBM (Hofstede 1980), and with Peters and Waterman who started the organisation culture sensation with “In Search of Excellence” (Peters and Waterman 1982). Preceding these studies however, was the work of Bartels (1967) who was one of the first to relate the importance of culture, illustrating the concept in decision-making and business ethics. Bartels identifies several criteria for the identification of cultural differences.
The paper will first defined the culture meaning and then give an overview about Hofstede study and his culture dimensions. In the same time the paper will review the main criticisms of Hofstede study, then we will conclude by suggesting that the researchers will work more in research like Hofstede to evaluate culture in terms of contemporary standards. Research is also needed to better explore the dimensions proposed by Hofstede and Bond to determine what more can be added.

[Reseña], "M. J. Soto-C. Alonso del Real: El Tractatus De Anima atribuido a Dominicus Gundi[s]salinus. Estudio, edición crítica y traducción castellana"

by Francisco O ' Reilly

published: Studium: Filosofía y Teología (Tucumán, Argentina),  24 (2009) pp. 605-607.

Online review of Peter Adamson's Al-Kindī

by Daniel Davies

Review of Dimitri Gutas, Theophrastus, On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics)

by Adam McCollum

Snapshots from manuscripts of the Epistle on Character Traits/Ethics (al-Risala fi’l-akhlaq) from the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa (The Epistles of the Pure Brethren), corresponing to the edition by Butrus al-Bustani (Beirut, Dar Sadir, 1957), vol. 1, p. 299, l. 11ff.

by Omar Ali-de-Unzaga (عمر علي دي أونثاغا)

These are snapshots from manuscripts of the Epistle on Character Traits (al-Risāla fī’l-akhlāq) from the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (The Epistles of the Pure Brethren), corresponing to the edition by Buṭrus al-Bustānī (Beirut, Dār Ṣādir, 1957), vol. 1, p. 299, l. 11ff.

I am currently working on a critical edition and translation of this text

NAHWAL-QULUB AL-SAGIR: LA «GRAMMAIRE DES COURS» DE ABD AL-KARIM AL-QUSAYRĪ: Présentation Et Traduction Annotée

by Francesco Chiabotti

Francesco Chiabotti, « Naḥw al-qulūb al-ṣaġīr : La « grammaire des cœurs » de ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qušayrī », Bulletin d’études orientales [En ligne], Tome LVIII | Septembre 2009,

Plan:

A. Le métalangage de la grammaire arabe
B. La naissance du langage technique de la grammaire et de la mystique : le langage comme clé herméneutique de la révélation dans le tafsīr de Muqātil (m. 150/767)
C. Grammaire et théologie
D. L’héritage du Naḥw al-qulūb
E. Les éditions du texte
Traduction du Naḥw al-qulūb
Introduction
Les parties du discours (aqsām al-kalām)
Les noms et leur dérivation (al-asmā’ wa-ištiqāquhā)
Le nom : « sain » ou « déficient » (ṣaḥīḥ wa-muʿtall)
Les causes empêchant la flexion nominale (mawāniʿ al-ṣarf)
La flexion nominale et l’invariabilité (al-iʿrāb wa-l-binā’)
Détermination et indétermination (al-asmā’ : maʿārif wa-nakirāt)
Les temps verbaux
L’indicatif présent (al-ḥāl al-marfūʿ )
L’agent (al-fāʿil) et le complément (al-mafʿūl)
Le complément circonstanciel d’état (al-ḥāl)
La spécification (al-tamyīz)
L’apposition (al-badal)
L’adjectif épithète (al-naʿt)
La coordination (ḥurūf al-ʿaṭf )
La corroboration (al-tawkīd)
Les particules du cas indirect (ḥurūf al-jarr)
Un poème sur la grammaire

La sacralité que l‘islam reconnaît à la langue arabe a poussé les auteurs mystiques à développer une attention... more La sacralité que l‘islam reconnaît à la langue arabe a poussé les auteurs mystiques à développer une attention particulière au langage et à ses éléments constitutifs. Si donc la reconnaissance du caractère sacrale du langage a été d‘un coté la base sur laquelle les soufis ont forgé leur lexique mystique, elle est aussi à l‘origine d‘un développement doctrinal, beaucoup moins connu jusqu‘à nos jours, qui repose sur une lecture symbolique des règles de la grammaire arabe et de son lexique. Ce texte d‘Abū al-Qāsim al-Qušayrī représente un des plus anciens essais d‘interprétation mystique de la terminologie grammaticale.

« Il est inutile de scruter les œuvres des mystiques musulmans si l’on n’étudie pas de très près le mécanisme de la grammaire arabe, lexicographie, morphologie et syntaxe. Ces auteurs rattachent constamment les termes techniques qu’il proposent à leurs valeurs ordinaires, à l’usage courant constaté par les grammairiens ».
Louis Massignon

Review of THE INTERNET IN THE ARAB WORLD: EGYPT AND BEYOND (2009)

by Laurence Raw

Originally published in the RESOURCE CENTER FOR CYBERCULTURE STUDIES (August 2009)

A review of a book looking at patterns of Internet consumption in Egypt. The author's response to my comments can be... more A review of a book looking at patterns of Internet consumption in Egypt. The author's response to my comments can be seen at http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?BookID=428&AuthorID=172

La definición del alma y su relación con el cuerpo en el mundo árabe y su primera recepción en el mundo latino.

by Francisco O ' Reilly

Frank, Juan Francisco; Grassi, Martín (Eds.). Theses Philosophicae II: Selección de ponencias del II Encuentro de Tesistas de Licenciatura en Filosofía de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires, 10 de octubre de 2008). Buenos Aires: Círculo de Filosofía de Buenos Aires, 2011. ISBN: 978-987-24641-1-0. pp. 49-58 (edición publicada online con permiso de los editores)

La obra de Aristóteles presenta un corpus apócrifo en tierras del islam que modificó la interpretación que los autores... more La obra de Aristóteles presenta un corpus apócrifo en tierras del islam que modificó la interpretación que los autores musulmanes hacen del Estagirita. Una de las metamorfosis que sufre es en la definición y naturaleza del alma humana, la cual pasa a tener dos peculiaridades, una en su función como forma y vínculo con el cuerpo –doctrina del De anima– y otra como alma espiritual e intelecto –doctrina neoplatónica contenida en la Teología de Aristóteles-. Estas obras exigen a los autores árabes buscar una interpretación correcta para entender bien a “Aristóteles”. Entre estos autores, Avicena en su De anima propone un modo de homogeneizar de alguna manera este eclecticismo y presentar una doctrina que parece lograr compatibilizar ambas posturas, y además haciéndolo coherente con el contenido de la revelación. El De anima será traducido al latín en el siglo XII e influirá en los grandes autores de la escolástica