Soul from the perspective of Mulla Sadra’s philosophy edited by Seyed G Safavi has been published in the UK in 253 pages by the London Academy of Iranian Studies Press (LAISP).
Mulla Sadra[i] (1596-1650) the greatest Muslim Iranian philosopher who is the founder of al-Hikmah al-Muta’aliyah (transcendent philosophy), by establishing new philosophical systems in the Islamic world in regards to the soul, offered new theories which have had significant consequences.
Before Mulla Sadra there were two main philosophical viewpoints regarding the human soul. One was the Platonic …
Dr. Safavi’s expertise is in Philosophy, Islamic Mysticism, and Comparative Philosophy. His new books on philosophy and Islamic Mysticism are: New Path: A Novel Interpretation of Mathnawi; Practical Mysticism; Ethics and Perfect Human in Rumi’s Perspective; Ahl Al Bayt According to Rumi; Islamic Mysticism in the East and the West; Structure of Mathnawi Ma’navi, Mystical Interoperation of Zyarat ‘Ashura.
Reflections on Erich Fromm By Dr Seyed Javad Miri has been published in London by London Academy of Iranian Studie Press in 2011.
“It is just such a liberational, redemptive and humanistic perspective – dialectically derived from and thus, a radical critique
of the modern social system of injustice and negativity that penetrates into the psyche of humanity creating a “social character” that
is alienated, neurotic, authoritarian, egotistic, and necrophilic – that the life and work of Erich Fromm expressed in terms of …
Islamic Perspective Journal
Number 5, 2011
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The Journal of Islamic Perspective is a peer reviewed publication of the Center for Humanities and Sociological Studies, affiliated to the London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) and aims to create a dialogue between intellectuals, thinkers and writers from the IslamicWorld and academics, intellectuals, thinkers and writers from other parts of the Globe. Issues in the context of Culture, Islamic Thoughts & Civilizations, and other relevant areas of social sciences, humanities and cultural studies are of interest …