This June, the OUP Philosophy team honours Mullā Sadrā (1571-1640) as their Philosopher of the Month.
An Iranian Islamic philosopher, Mullā Ṣadrā is recognised as the major process philosopher of the school of Isfahan. Ṣadrā is primarily associated with ‘metaphilosophy’, but also maintains sovereign status as a spiritual leader for the Islamic East. He formed the Transcendent Wisdom philosophical system which brings together elements from much of what Ṣadrā studied throughout his life.
We’ve compiled a reading list highlighting our favourite works on Mullā Ṣadrā and Islamic Philosophy. Enjoy!
“Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī’s (d. 1635) Divine Witnesses” by Cecile Bonmariage from Oxford Handbooks Online.
“Abdolkarim Soroush” by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi from Oxford Handbooks Online.
“Ṣadrā’s life, influence and works” by Ibrahim Kalin from Oxford Scholarship Online.
Ṣadrā's Synthesis: Knowledge as Experience, Knowledge as Being” by Ibrahim Kalin from Oxford Scholarship Online.
“Reason and revelation” from Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Adamson
“A map of later medieval philosophy” from Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introuctionby John Marenbon
·“Mullā Ṣadrā on Theodicy and the Best of All Possible Worlds” by Ibrahim Kalin from the Journal of Islamic Studies.
“Impostors, Antinomians and Pseudo-Sufis: Cataloguing the Miscreants” by Hamid Algar from the Journal of Islamic Studies.
Islam and the Fate of Others: The Salvation Question by Mohammad Hassan Khalil.
Mulla Sadra by Ibrahim Kalin.
The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy edited by Khaled El-Rouayheb and Sabine Schmidtke.
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