Knowledge, Language, Thought and The Civilization of Islam: Essays in Honor of Syed Muhammad Naquib al–Attas

by Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud, Muhammad Zainiy Uthman

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
INTRODUCTION

1 AL– A REAL REFORMER AND THINKER
Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud

2 RE–ISLAMISING THE WORLD
Ali Alawi

3 AL–BALAGH
Omar Jah

4 SHIFTS OF LANGUAGE AND TURNS IN
Naquib Al–Attas’ Perspective
Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi

5 REFLECTIONS ON AL–ATTAS’ CONCEPTION OF THE ISLAMIC
Implications for Academic Freedom, Institutional
Autonomy and Philosophy of Education in South Africa
Yusef Waghid

6 THE NEGOTIATION OF MODERNITY THROUGH TRADITION IN CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL
The Neo–Ghazalian, Attasian Perspective
M. Afifi al–Akiti and H. A. Hellyer

7 ILLUMINATIVE KNOWLEDGE IN MAWLANA RUMI
Bilal Kuspinar

8 KANT AND GHAZALI ON HUMAN
A Comparative Philosophy of Man
Alparslan Acikgenc

9 DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS THROUGH THE CORRIDORS OF FAITH AND
Some thoughts concerning the philosophy of Syed
Muhammad Naquib al–Attas and its contribution for
proper understanding of Conditio Humana
Ferid Muhic

10 PROLEGOMENA TO WEST AND
Kant and Ibn Khaldun
Ernest Wolf–Gazo

11 CHALLENGES FOR EDUCATION IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION Marietta Stepanyants

12
The Epitome of the Emerging Contemporaneous Global Civilization
Saban Teoman Durah

13 SCIENCE IN ADAB LITERATURE
Paul Lettinck

14 SCIENCE CONNECTING SCHOLARS AND CULTURES IN
The Case of Khwarazmshah Ma’mun Ibn Ma’mun
Hans Daiber

15 SOME REMARKS ON THE WAKF INSTITUTION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Mehmet Ipsirli

16 ISLAMIC CAPTILALISM AND THE WEST
Murat Cizakca

17 AL–ATTAS’ CONCEPT OF
A Reflection on the Contemporary Meaning of Development
Amer Al–Roubaie

18 THAI–IRANIAN RELATIONS IN
A Glance at the Persian Community in the Ayutthaya Kingdom
M. Ismail Marcinkowski

19 THE NAME AND THE
On the Extent of Hamzah Fansuri’s Renown in the Malay Indonesian World (Notes and Materials)
Vladimir Braginsky

20 SUFISM AND ARCHITECTURAL ART IN THE MALAY WORLD
Md. Salleh Yaapar

21 CONCERNING ONE NAME MENTIONED IN THE TUHFAT AL–
Two Interesting Revelations
Tatiana Denisova

22 THE CORRECT DATE OF THE TERENGGANU
Reconfirmed using Astronomical Computer Programs
Muhammad Zainiy Uthman and Azlan Hashim

23 BIBLIOGRAPHY

24 INDEX

Genres: Islam

566 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Prof Dr Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud mengikuti pendidikan awal di Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan (SRJK) Inggeris Tanah Merah dan Sekolah Menengah (SM) Dato' Mahmud Paduka Raja Tanah Merah, sebelum meneruskan pengajian ke Maktab Sultan Ismail, Kota Bharu serta menyambung pendidikan ke Northern Illinois University dalam Sarjana Muda Kaji Hayat dan Sarjana Kurikulum & Pengajaran dan menyempurnakannya dengan Ijazah Kedoktoran Falsafah (Pemikiran Pendidikan Islam) di University of Chicago.

Beliau berpengalaman sebagai Presiden Kebangsaan Kumpulan Kajian Islam Pelajar Malaysia (MISG) AS dan Kanada dan Presiden Kebangsaan Muslim Students' Association of US and Canada.

Wan Mohd Nor memulakan tapak akademiknya sebagai Tutor Fakulti Pengajian Islam di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) dan Penolong Pengarah di Bahagian Perancangan & Penyelidikan Pendidikan (ERPD) di Kementerian Pendidikan, sebelum berpindah ke International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) untuk bersama-sama Prof Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas membina institusi pemikiran dan peradaban Islam itu sebagai Timbalan Pengarahnya bermula 1988 hingga 2002. Pada 2006 pula, beliau dilantik sebagai Felo Utama, Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (ATMA) UKM sebelum menyumbangkan bakti kesarjanaan di Pusat Kajian Tinggi Islam, Sains dan Peradaban (CASIS) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

Karya-karya beliau telah diterjemah ke bahasa Melayu, Indonesia, Turki, Jepun, Parsi, Rusia, Bosnia, Arab dan Macedonia. Beliau turut diundang ke pelbagai seminar dan ceramah di AS, UK, Rusia, Iran, Turki, Afrika Selatan, Pakistan, Sudan, Oman, Arab Saudi, Mesir, Jepun, Indonesia, Bosnia dan Singapura.

Sumbangan akademik beliau turut disalurkan sebagai Advisory Council for the Center for Strategic Middle Eastern Studies (CSMES), Zirve University, Gaziantep, Turki; mantan Editor Perunding Jurnal ISTAC, as-Shajarah; ahli Majlis Penasihat Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Hawaii; mantan Penasihat Antarabangsa, Program Sarjana Pengajian Islam, University of Melbourne, Australia; Editor Perunding AFKAR di Akademi Islam, Universiti Malaya (UM); International Journal of Pesantren Studies di Jakarta; Tsaqafah: Journal for Islamic Sciences and Culture, juga di Jakarta dan Tafhim, iaitu jurnal Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM).

Reviews

[Mohd Jamizal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Collection of articles revolve around knowledge of philosophy, kalam and sufi. Integrated knowledge it is . The book helps me to understand further the thought of SMNA