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ItemHeidegger and the transition to postmodernity(Department of Philosophy, University of Poona, 2002)This is an investigation into Heidegger’s influence on the development of some ideas of the post-modern thought. It explores the meaning and implications of Heidegger’s concepts of authenticity and difference and his existential analysis of the human existence and the way these concepts left a significant impact on the development of the post modern ideas.
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ItemHeidegger and the enigma of defining human essence(Department of Philosophy, University of Poona, 2000)This paper analyses Heidegger’s departure from the Cartesian metaphysical tradition. It explores the existential analysis of Dasein as a social being whose existence relies on the world and being-with rather than a self-dependent and a trans-historical self-substance.
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ItemThe revival of al-Qadariya in modern Islamic thought(Iqbal Academy Pakistan, 2004)This paper explores the theological and political significance of the doctrine of free will in Islamic thought. It examines the genesis and development of this doctrine and its revive in the modern Muslim world. It analyses the views of some modernist Muslim thinkers and their understanding of this doctrine with its practical implication in the human life.
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ItemMaster-slave relationship in Hegel’s philosophy(Department of Philosophy, University of Poona, 1998)This paper deals with Hegel’s dialectic interpretation of the conflictual relationship between the self and the other for recognition; the domination of the other by the self, which results in creating two unequal kinds of human being in history. It is argued that the recognition and freedom of the self by the other at the end of the conflict is doomed to failure as the other is reduced to a ‘thing’ and enslaved.
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ItemAl-Ghazali's hermeneutics and phenomenology(Institute of World Religions, 2004)Understanding a sacred text through an examination of al-Ghazali’s hermeneutics. Exploring similarities between al-Ghazali’s hermeneutics and aspects of Husserl’s phenomenology.
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ItemMu'tazilah: the rise of Islamic rationalism(Rationalist Association of Australia Ltd, 2003)This paper deals with the rise and development of the first rationalistic school in the Muslim thought. Its main features and influences on political Islam and the subsequent development of theological schools.