Contemporary Secular Approaches to the Origin and Study of Man: An Islamic Critique

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-183
Author(s):  
Halima Wakabi Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
View Point ◽  
Methodological Study ◽  
Philosophical View ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Islamic View

This paper critically analyses contemporary secular psychological approaches to the origin and methodological study of man from an Islamic perspective. The paper argues that the contemporary theories on human existence and behaviour emerged from secularism which has taken a philosophical view that the world and all that it contains is a result of evolution. Both the ontology and epistemology of research have been influenced by this view point. Thus, the behaviour of man is defined and studied to exclude his spiritual dimension, a direct conflict with the Islamic view point which links every creature and its behaviour to the creation and guidance of Allah. It is recommended that an integrative methodological approach be adopted to cater for both the materialistic and spiritual aspects of man.

The Album De Colbert: The Image of Shipbuilding

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (A3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Corradi
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Royal Navy ◽  
Louis Xiv ◽  
Shipbuilding Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

The Album de Colbert compiled by an anonymous author in the second half of the seventeenth century is among the most important illustrated testimonies of the art of shipbuilding. Probably commissioned by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Finance and Minister of the Navy of the kingdom of France, the Album was composed to make Louis XIV understand the complexity of shipbuilding. It was also made to support the creation of a navy with the ambition of being competitive with the Royal Navy and with the intent of modernising and expanding the French shipbuilding industry. The fifty plates that make up this illustrated treatise unravel the story of the construction of a first-rank 80-gun line vessel, from the laying of the keel to the launch. It is a unique document that has no contemporaries or precursors because it is not a didactic collection of boats, like the previous treaties that had a completely different methodological approach, more technical-descriptive than illustrative, but it wants to go beyond the scientific treatise. Its purpose was instead to measure itself with representation, showing through the strength of drawing and images the peculiar aspects of the reality of shipbuilding, using iconography as a means of transmitting knowledge related to the world of shipyards and shipbuilding in the 17th century.

scholarly journals Western Objections to the Islamic Concept of Gender Equality: A Critical Review

Fahm-i-Islam ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Dr Aurangzeb
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
View Point ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
The World ◽  
Islamic View

Over the past several years, despite the constant evolution of the legislation the problem of gender equality in the West has been steadily increasing. What is the reason why there is no significant progress in solving gender equality issues in the West yet? Several reports and researches have pointed out to this problem. On the contrary, Islam provides a viable solution to this ever increasing problem; for Islam has a comprehensive yet simple view of gender equality. But the West, instead of understanding Islamic principles objectively, raises objections without a thorough study. However, the Western principle of gender equality has completely failed. In this article a critical analysis of the western gender equality and Islamic principles has been carried out. It also highlights Islamic view point of gender equality. The study argues that the contemporary gender equality problems and issues that have engulfed the world particularly the Western countries can be mitigated by employing the Islamic principles of gender equality

Philosophical View on Human Existence in the World of Technic and Information

2018 ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Guryanova ◽  
Elmira Khafiyatullina ◽  
Andrew Kolibanov ◽  
Alexander Makhovikov ◽  
Vyacheslav Frolov
Keyword(s):  
Human Existence ◽  
Philosophical View ◽  
The World

The Spiritual Dimension of the World Order

1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Robert Muller
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Order ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

Nothing is more refreshing to the Christian than to learn of highly-placed leaders in the United Nations whose approach to the complexities of today's world is informed by the spiritual dimension of human existence. UN official Robert Muller speaks to the possibility for nations to resolve even their most acute differences through patient and respectful dialogic encounter.

scholarly journals Concepts and delimitation of the world’s macro-regions

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Anděl ◽  
I. Bičík ◽  
J. D. Bláha
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Global Development ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

Abstract The authors focus on the current differentiation of the world and on its cognitive, application and educational frameworks and importance for the present. Macro-regional differentiation of the world has resulted from geographic concepts and it is a foundation for understanding the global development of society. This article evaluates the specific concepts and factors that form concepts of world macro-regions prepared by famous authors. It also presents a methodological approach for macro-regional forming of the world. After a theoretical and methodological introduction there is a discussion of the differentiation of the world entitled “Macro-regional differentiation of the world – formation and application.” The authors also present their conception of world differentiation and evaluation of the creation macro-regions and their positive and negative influence of the macro-regional differentiation of the world.

scholarly journals ‘Philosophizing with’

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Nina Bonderup Dohn
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Philosophical View ◽  
The Third ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Applied Philosophy ◽  
The World

In this essay, I shall present key points from my dr.phil thesis (Higher Doctorate/Habilitation), Epistemological concerns – querying the learning field from a philosophical point of view (Dohn, 2017).1 The aim is to provide an overview of the thesis and to present its main argument for a form of applied philosophy where philosophy takes on the role of dialogue partner with a voice of its own. By way of illustration, I shall highlight some of the issues I have engaged with in this role as well as the answers which dialogue with other disciplines has led me to as regards these issues. First, I present the field, aim, and structure of the thesis. Second, I explicate what I mean by ‘philosophizing with’ and point out four different ways in which one can undertake this venture. Philosophy may dialogue with many disciplines in many areas; the ones I have engaged with fall within the learning field. To further the comprehensibility of my more specific concerns within this field, in the third section I articulate the philosophical outset from which I speak: With inspiration from Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Wittgenstein and Dreyfus, I hold a view of human existence as being-in-the-world and an approach to knowledge as fundamentally involving tacit aspects. This outset is developed throughout the thesis, in dialogue with other disciplines. In section four, I briefly present the resulting philosophical view of knowledge. In section five, I articulate more specifically a number of the issues within the learning field which have helped me develop this view. Section six conversely summarizes some key points which my philosophizing with on these issues have led me to contribute to the disciplines. I end with a few concluding remarks on concerns to engage with in continuation from the results of my thesis.

scholarly journals Репрезентация животных в рассказе Севера Гансовского Зверек (1969)

2020 ◽  
pp. 191-201
Author(s):  
Karolina Gansovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The Creation

The literary works of Sever Gansovsky are an excellent example of modern eco-literature. For many years, the writer worked with the genre of eco-science fiction, which is engaged into the study of the nature of human existence and the interaction of humans with non-human animals. The methods of Human-Animal Studies, applied to science fiction works, allowed us to analyze the writer’s novels in the context of the latest research in eco-literature and bioethics. The object of this study is the novel Little Animal, written in 1969. The novel tells a story of a small boy who is particularly cruel to animals. Little Animal represents the creation of a man as an exponent of a new eco-culture. The novel shows the formation of a new cognitive model of the world, in whichanimals are playing a mediating role between the man and the nature that is beyond the limits of human experience.

scholarly journals An Islamic perspective of the natural environment and animals: Said Nursi and his renewalist philosophy

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salih Yucel
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Muslim Scholar ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Said Nursi ◽  
Islamic View

Contemporary Muslim scholar Said Nursi’s (1877-1960) view of animals is highly spiritual. His positive thinking philosophy extends to the natural environment and includes animals considered harmful to humans. His view of not killing harmful animals contradicts with the majority Islamic scholarly works which permit the killing of detrimental ones. His understanding of the interconnectedness of natural beings and things as well as their connection to the Divine is the major source for his works. Nursi views each created thing as a piece of the puzzle of the universe in harmony with each other. To him, animals have a deep spiritual aspect alongside their physical dimension. This article argues that throughout his works, Nursi – with his unique perspectives on spiritual approaches towards the environment and devotion to the creation – more than any other Islamic scholar, defended the Islamic view against naturalists and attempted to Islamicize natural philosophy by addressing theists. He views nature as art not the Artist. This article examines Nursi’s positive thinking and actions towards animals as he presents a renewed interpretation of Islamic sacred sources.

scholarly journals Educational leadership from a philosophical and Islamic perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-121
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nasri Dini
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Leadership Theory ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Educational Leader ◽  
Philosophical View ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Islamic View ◽  
Islamic Institutions

AbstractAn educational leader must comprehend educational leadership theory to perform good leadership. A lot of educational practitioners have not understood yet. What does educational leadership mean? How does philosophical and Islamic view see educational leadership? This research aims at explaining them to society mainly for those who contribute to Islamic institutions by applying a library research approach, moreover for the source of data the author takes documentation in form of a notebook, journal article, and other written data or documents. Based on the philosophical view, educational leadership shall suit ontology, epistemology, and axiology theories. The varieties of philosophical leadership are coming from Plato, Aristoteles, and Machiavelli. While in the Islamic view, the leader requires to have prophet Muhammad's characters, for instance: sidiq/honest; amanah/trustworthy; tabligh/communicative; and fathonah/intelligent.

scholarly journals Different faces of old age as perceived by the students of Polish studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-252
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Gajak-Toczek
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The Creation

The aim of the article Different faces of old age as perceived by the students of Polish studies is to present how old teachers perceive old age. The exemplification material consists of three texts: Winter tale. An essay on the old age of Ryszard Przybylski, “The Old Man’s Route”. An attempt at old age politics by Tadeusz Sławek and Lala Jacek Dehnel. Hermeneutical reading allowed for the creation of several images of autumn of life: a painful, marked by suffering attempts to overcome and suffering in a creative act; old age as a possibility of a deeper look at the spiritual dimension of human existence and old age reconciled with the laws of transiting the events immersed in the act of memorization.

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