Podcasts about ibn tufayl

durée : 00:55:52 - Questions d'islam - par : Ghaleb Bencheikh - Qui fut Abu Bakr Mohammed Ibn Tufayl, cet écrivain et penseur andalou du 12e siècle, auteur du "Hayy ibn Yaqzan", conte philosophique où sont envisagées la nature, la vocation et l'avenir de l'homme ? - invités : Maurice-Ruben Hayoun

durée : 00:55:52 - Questions d'islam - par : Ghaleb Bencheikh - Qui fut Abu Bakr Mohammed Ibn Tufayl, cet écrivain et penseur andalou du XIIe siècle, auteur du Hayy ibn Yaqzan, conte philosophique où sont envisagés la nature, la vocation et l'avenir de l'homme ? - invités : Maurice-Ruben Hayoun

During the Renaissance, Kabbalists attempted to synthesize and interpret Kabbalah through a Neoplatonic lens, based on the belief that Plato had studied the secrets of Judaism. Join us as we explore the secret of Plato and Kabbalah in the Italian Renaissance. 00:00 Platonism and Kabbalah during the Renaissance 01:30 Shout out 04:06 Changing Favours 06:27 The Rise of Plato 15:14 How did Plato know Kabbalah? 20:12 Prisca Theologia, Perennial Philosophy 24:58 Case Study: The Sefirot 32:57 Italy vs Spain 37:57 Ripple Effects of the Renaissance 41:01 Summary 43:34 Reading Recs 43:57 Thank you & Shout out Sources and Recommended Readings: • Abraham Melamed, “The Myth of the Jewish Origins of Philosophy in the Renaissance: from Aristotle to Plato,” in Jewish History, 26(1-2), 2012, pp. 41–59., 214—219. • Abraham Melamed, The Myth of the Jewish Sources of Science and Philosophy, 2009, pp. 214-219, 299-315 • Abraham Melamed, The Philosopher-King in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish political Thought (Albany, 2002), 229, n. 30. • Alexander Altmann, "Lurianic Kabbalah in a Platonic Key: Abraham Cohen Herrera's Puerta del Cielo," HUCA 53 (1982) • Chaim Wirszubski, Pico della Mirandola's Encounter with Jewish Mysticism • Hava Tirosh-Rothschild, Between Worlds: The Life and Thought of Rabbi David ben Judah Messer Leon (Albany, 1991), 50, 233. • Miquel Beltran, The Influence of Abraham Cohen de Herrera's Kabbalah on Spinoza's Metaphysics. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2016 • Moshe Idel "Differing Conceptions of Kabbalah in the Early 17th Century,"in I. Twersky and B. Septimus, eds., Jewish Thought in the 17th Century (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987), 138-41, 155-57 • Moshe Idel, "Jewish Mystical Thought in the Florence of Lorenzo il Magnifico," in La cultura ebraica all'epoca di Lorenzo il Magnifico, ed. D. Liscia Bemporad and I. Zatilli (Florence, 1998), pp. 31-32 • Moshe Idel, "Kabbalah and Ancient Philosophy in R. Isaac and Judah Abravanel", in The Philosophy of Leone Ebreo, eds. M. Dorman and Z. Levi (Tel Aviv, 1985) (in Hebrew), pp. 73-112, 197. • Moshe Idel, "Kabbalah, Platonism and Prisca Theologia: the Case of Menashe ben Israel,” Menasseh ben Israel and his World, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 1989, pp. 207-219. • Moshe Idel, "The Anthropology of Yohanan Alemanno: Sources and Influences," Topoi 7 (1988): pp. 201-10; reprinted in Annali di storia dell'esegesi 7 (1990): 93-112; • Moshe Idel, “The Magical and Neoplatonic Interpretations of The Kabbalah in the Renaissance,” in Jewish Thought in the Sixteenth Century, by Bernard Dov Cooperman (ed.), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983, pp. 186-242 • Moshe Idel, “Italy in Safed, Safed in Italy: Toward an Interactive History of Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah,” in David B. Ruderman and Giuseppe Veltri, eds., Cultural Intermediaries: Jewish Intellectuals in Early Modern Italy, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004, p. 243 • Moshe Idel, “Jewish Kabbalah and Platonism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance” in Lenn Goodman, Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, State University of New York Press, 1992, pp. 319-351 • Moshe Idel, “Metamorphoses of a Platonic Theme in Jewish Mysticism,” in Jewish Studies at the Central European University 3: 67 • Moshe Idel, “Particularism and Universalism in Kabbalah, 1480-1650,” in Essential Papers on Jewish Culture in Renaissance and Baroque Italy, edited by David B. Ruderman, 1992, p. 327-8, 338 • Moshe Idel, Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510: A Survey, Yale University Press, 2007 • Richard Popkin, “Spinoza, Neopiatonic Kabbalist?,” in Lenn Goodman, Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, 1992, pp. pp. 367-410 • S. Toussaint, "Ficino's Orphic Magic or Jewish Astrology and Oriental Philosophy? A Note on Spiritus, the Three Books on Life, Ibn Tufayl, and Ibn Zarza," Ac- cademia 2 (2000): 19-33

In this episode J.J. and Dr. Lenn Goodman discuss Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed, and the challenges of a brand new translation. Also: What Strauss, Pines, and the UChicago school of interpretation got wrong.For more fantastic Jewish content follow Torah in Motion on instagram or visit torahinmotion.orgLenn E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. He was honored with the Baumgardt Prize of the American Philosophical Association, and with a volume in Brill Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophy. He is a rare humanities winner of the Sutherland Prize, Vanderbilt University's highest research award. Goodman's book-length contributions in Jewish philosophy include The Holy One of Israel (2019), Judaism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation (2017), Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself, his Gifford Lectures (2008), Judaism, Human Rights & Human Values (1998), God of Abraham (1996, which won the Gratz Centennial Prize), Judaism, Human Rights & Human Values (1998), and On Justice: An Essay in Jewish Philosophy (2008). Goodman has also written extensively on Islamic philosophy, including work on Razi, Farabi, Avicenna, Ghazali, Ibn Tufayl, and Ibn Khaldun. His books in general philosophy include In Defense of Truth, Coming to Mind: The Soul and its Body (co-authored with D. Greg Caramenico), Religious Pluralism and Values in the Public Sphere, and Creation and Evolution. Goodman has lectured widely, in Oxford, Jerusalem, Taiwan, Morocco, and in many venues in the United States and Canada. His new translation/commentary of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed (co-authored with Phillip Lieberman), and a companion volume of his own titled A Guide to Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed, will be published by Stanford University Press early in 2024. He is now at work on a new book titled God and Truth.

La Fundación Ibn Tufayl ha publicado un volumen que repasa la importancia comercial, militar y sobre todo cultural de esta ciudad fundada en el siglo X

Thought experiments are tools philosophers and scientists use to investigate how things are, without actually having to go out and experiment in the real world. Philosophy Illustrated: Forty-Two Thought Experiments to Broaden your Mind (Oxford UP, 2021) presents forty-two philosophical thought experiments. Each thought experiment is illustrated by De Cruz and is summarized in one or two paragraphs, which is followed by a brief exploration of its significance. Each thought experiment also includes a longer (approximately 2-page) reflection, written by a philosopher who is a specialist in the field. De Cruz's unique illustrations serve as visual and accessible starting points for classroom discussions in Intro to Philosophy courses. The featured philosophers in this podcast include: Pictures as philosophy, by Helen De Cruz Skywalk. Original thought experiment by Tamar Gendler The creationist teacher. Original thought experiment by Jennifer Lackey The drowning child. Original thought experiment by Peter Singer Splitting the bill at a restaurant. Original thought experiment by David Christensen. Reflection by David Christensen Red square. Original thought experiment by Arthur Danto. Reflection by Alex King Becoming a vampire. Original thought experiment by L.A. Paul The impartial caretaker. Original thought experiment by Mozi. Reflection by Hui-chieh Loy Seeing color for the first time. Original thought experiment by Ibn Tufayl. Reflection by Eric Schliesser Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Thought experiments are tools philosophers and scientists use to investigate how things are, without actually having to go out and experiment in the real world. Philosophy Illustrated: Forty-Two Thought Experiments to Broaden your Mind (Oxford UP, 2021) presents forty-two philosophical thought experiments. Each thought experiment is illustrated by De Cruz and is summarized in one or two paragraphs, which is followed by a brief exploration of its significance. Each thought experiment also includes a longer (approximately 2-page) reflection, written by a philosopher who is a specialist in the field. De Cruz's unique illustrations serve as visual and accessible starting points for classroom discussions in Intro to Philosophy courses. The featured philosophers in this podcast include: Pictures as philosophy, by Helen De Cruz Skywalk. Original thought experiment by Tamar Gendler The creationist teacher. Original thought experiment by Jennifer Lackey The drowning child. Original thought experiment by Peter Singer Splitting the bill at a restaurant. Original thought experiment by David Christensen. Reflection by David Christensen Red square. Original thought experiment by Arthur Danto. Reflection by Alex King Becoming a vampire. Original thought experiment by L.A. Paul The impartial caretaker. Original thought experiment by Mozi. Reflection by Hui-chieh Loy Seeing color for the first time. Original thought experiment by Ibn Tufayl. Reflection by Eric Schliesser Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Thought experiments are tools philosophers and scientists use to investigate how things are, without actually having to go out and experiment in the real world. Philosophy Illustrated: Forty-Two Thought Experiments to Broaden your Mind (Oxford UP, 2021) presents forty-two philosophical thought experiments. Each thought experiment is illustrated by De Cruz and is summarized in one or two paragraphs, which is followed by a brief exploration of its significance. Each thought experiment also includes a longer (approximately 2-page) reflection, written by a philosopher who is a specialist in the field. De Cruz's unique illustrations serve as visual and accessible starting points for classroom discussions in Intro to Philosophy courses. The featured philosophers in this podcast include: Pictures as philosophy, by Helen De Cruz Skywalk. Original thought experiment by Tamar Gendler The creationist teacher. Original thought experiment by Jennifer Lackey The drowning child. Original thought experiment by Peter Singer Splitting the bill at a restaurant. Original thought experiment by David Christensen. Reflection by David Christensen Red square. Original thought experiment by Arthur Danto. Reflection by Alex King Becoming a vampire. Original thought experiment by L.A. Paul The impartial caretaker. Original thought experiment by Mozi. Reflection by Hui-chieh Loy Seeing color for the first time. Original thought experiment by Ibn Tufayl. Reflection by Eric Schliesser Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Dimanche 30 mai 2021, nous avons eu le plaisir de recevoir Jean-Baptiste Brenet pour la conférence « Hayy Ibn Yaqzan ou Vivant fils d'éveillé ». Retrouvez son adaptation d'Ibn Ṭufayl, Robinson de Guadix : https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/robinson-de-guadix/ Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān est un homme sans père ni mère, peut-être né par génération spontanée sur une île peuplée d'animaux. Seul humain parmi eux, il développe graduellement son sens de l'observation et sa capacité de raisonner au point de parvenir, par sa seule raison, sans révélation, sans éducation, sans apprentissage, sans langage, à découvrir la vérité de l'univers tout entier. Ce texte singulier est un conte philosophique du penseur andalou du XIIe siècle Ibn Tufayl. Le chef-d'œuvre subjuguera l'Europe lettrée puis sera oublié. Si aucun lien direct n'est établi avec le Robinson Crusoé de Daniel Defoe, paru en 1719, il est fort probable que ce dernier ait eu accès à ce texte, célèbre à son époque. L'Occident en a surtout retenu l'idée du philosophe autodidacte et celle de l'autonomie de la raison humaine. Jean-Baptiste Brenet en propose un adaptation – Robinson de Guadix – qui recompose le récit et donne la parole au personnage principal. Jean-Baptiste Brenet est médiéviste, professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialiste d'Averroès et de son héritage latin, il travaille plus largement sur les sources gréco-arabes et le legs « européen » de la pensée andalouse. Il a fondé et dirige avec Ch. Grellard la collection « Translatio. Philosophies médiévales » chez Vrin. Parmi ses publications récentes : Je fantasme. Averroès et l'espace potentiel, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2017; La philosophie arabe à l'étude. Sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne, Paris, Vrin, 2019 ; avec A. de Libera et I. Rosier (dir.), Dante et l'averroïsme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2019 ; Robinson de Guadix, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2020. Pour plus d'informations visitez notre site: https://consciencesoufie.com/

La Fundación Ibn Tufayl ha publicado 'Historia socioeconómica de Alandalús' de Pedro Chalmeta, con el que hemos hablado, y con la colaboración en la numismática de Tawfiq Ibrahim.

“L’epistola di Hayy ibn Yaqzan” è senza alcun ombra di dubbio fra le opere più interessanti e profonde di tutta la cultura arabo-ispanica, mostrandoci la ricerca del Divino dal punto di vista di un giovane cresciuto solo su un’isola desertaSeguite tutti gli aggiornamenti sulla pagina instagram @medioorienteedintorni , per articoli e podcast visitate il nostro sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ trovate anche la "versione articolo". Vuoi avere tutto in unico posto? Iscriviti al gruppo Telegram: https://t.me/mediorientedintorni Ogni like, condivisione o supporto è ben accetto e ci aiuta a dedicarci sempre di più alla nostra passione: raccontare il Medio Oriente

In this episode we have the honour of talking with Professor Julio Samsó, a leading figure in the history of astronomy in medieval and Arabic context. He is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Barcelona since 2012, and has a long career of research and a vast list of publications. The conversation centres on the Professor’s research on the astonomy in Al-Andalus and the Maghrib. It addresses the importance of astrology in the context of the history of astronomy, its various levels of practice (from the erudite to the popular), as well as the importance of mathematical knowledge. To know more about Professor Samsó’s work see: https://ub.academia.edu/JulioSamsó or http://www.ub.edu/arab/cv/Julio%20Samso%20cv.pdf Among his many publications are: Astronomy and Astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib. Ashgate Variorum. Aldershot, 2007 From Baghdad to Barcelona. Studies in the Islamic Exact Sciences in Honour of Prof. Juan Vernet / De Bagdad a Barcelona. Estudios sobre Historia de las Ciencias Exactas en el Mundo Islámico en honor del Prof. Juan Vernet. “Anuari de Filologia (Universitat de Barcelona” 19 (1996) B-2, Instituto “Millás Vallicrosa de Historia de la Ciencia Arabe. Barcelona, 1996. 2 vols. (with Jose Casulleras) Las Ciencias de los Antiguos en al-Andalus. Fundación Ibn Tufayl. Almería 2011.

Pedro Chalmeta sigue indagando en la gestión del zoco andalusí con 'Ibn `Abd al-Ra´uf. Córdoba a mediados del siglo X' (Fund. Ibn Tufayl)

durée : 00:58:10 - Questions d'islam - par : Ghaleb Bencheikh - Il s’agit de "Vivant fils d'Éveillé", conte philosophique connu en latin sous le titre du "Philosophus autodidactus". C’est un traité romancé du philosophe andalou Ibn Tufayl (1105-1185). C’est un monument de la philosophie en contextes islamiques. - réalisation : Franck Lilin - invités : Jean-Baptiste Brenet Professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, spécialiste d’Averroès

One of the most influential Arabic works of the Middle Ages, Ibn Tufayl's "philosophical novel" Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan has influenced Western literature from Rousseau to Tarzan.  An allegory for Classical Muslim Rationalist ideas about education, freedom, religion and philosophy, the classic work finds echoes in Robinson Crusoe and the Jungle Book.

durée : 00:59:48 - Questions d'islam - par : Ghaleb Bencheikh - Il s’agit du Vivant fils d’éveillé, conte philosophique connu en latin sous le titre du « Philosophus autodidactus ». C’est un traité romancé du philosophe andalou Ibn Tufayl (1105-1185). C’est un monument de la philosophie en contextes islamiques. - réalisation : Franck Lilin - invités : Jean-Baptiste Brenet Professeur de philosophie arabe à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, spécialiste d’Averroès

Ibn Tufayl, nacido en Guadix (Granada) en el siglo XII, es casi con completa seguridad el científico granadino que más ha influido en el pensamiento de Occidente. Fue un fiel seguidor de Avempace y se interesó particularmente por el éxtasis intelectual de Avicena y el sufismo de Algacel. Ibn Tufayl también fue médico, primero en Granada y luego en otras ciudades del antiguo Al-Andalus. Mas tarde renunció al cargo de médico real en favor de su discípulo, Averroes. Pionero de la revolución anti-ptolomaica enraizada en las enseñanzas de Aristóteles, Ibn Tufayl negaba los epiciclos y excéntricas por su imposibilidad física, detalle de suma importancia dado que los modelos vigentes en aquella época se basaban solo en la Geometría. Su obra ““El filósofo autodidacta” se ha conservado y ejerció una gran influencia en la literatura europea.

Cyrus Ali Zargar, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, is the author of The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (Oneworld, 2017). Zargar explores how the study of good character and the pursuit of perfection, or virtue ethics, was part of a broader discursive network that included Islamic jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Using the metaphor of the polished mirror and the tradition of storytelling shared by Islamic philosophers and Sufis, Zargar frames virtue ethics not as a fixed notion, but as part of a network that broadly engages ideal positive character traits. Each chapter of the book focuses on various philosophers or Sufis from the years 900 to 1300. Each of these figures variously framed ethics through sacred revelation (Qur’an) and prophetic tradition (hadith) all the while incorporating rationality or traditions of exemplary saintly figures. Despite their differing modes and methodologies, at times, their conclusions were similar. For instance, the philosophers, such as Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl, having gleaned from the ancient Greek traditions, amplified traits of friendship and love for the betterment of society. While for some Sufis, the quest for human perfection set them on a path that focused on the cultivation of internal qualities, as seen in the tales of Ansari, ‘Attar, and Rumi. The stories told here are provocative, humorous, and truly pedagogical. They help the reader transcend normative notions of ethics, especially as limited to Islamic jurisprudence and positive law, and highlights the complex ways in which philosophers and Sufis were intimately focused on being good and doing good as taught through storytelling. This book is a must for anyone working on Islamic philosophy and Sufism. M. Shobhana Xavier is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queen’s University. Her research areas are on contemporary Sufism in North America and South Asia. She is the author of Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism(Bloombsury Press, 2018) and a co-author of Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture (Routledge, 2017). More details about her research and scholarship may be found on here and here. She may be reached at shobhana.xavier@queensu.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyrus Ali Zargar, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, is the author of The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (Oneworld, 2017). Zargar explores how the study of good character and the pursuit of perfection, or virtue ethics, was part of a broader discursive network that included Islamic jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Using the metaphor of the polished mirror and the tradition of storytelling shared by Islamic philosophers and Sufis, Zargar frames virtue ethics not as a fixed notion, but as part of a network that broadly engages ideal positive character traits. Each chapter of the book focuses on various philosophers or Sufis from the years 900 to 1300. Each of these figures variously framed ethics through sacred revelation (Qur’an) and prophetic tradition (hadith) all the while incorporating rationality or traditions of exemplary saintly figures. Despite their differing modes and methodologies, at times, their conclusions were similar. For instance, the philosophers, such as Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl, having gleaned from the ancient Greek traditions, amplified traits of friendship and love for the betterment of society. While for some Sufis, the quest for human perfection set them on a path that focused on the cultivation of internal qualities, as seen in the tales of Ansari, ‘Attar, and Rumi. The stories told here are provocative, humorous, and truly pedagogical. They help the reader transcend normative notions of ethics, especially as limited to Islamic jurisprudence and positive law, and highlights the complex ways in which philosophers and Sufis were intimately focused on being good and doing good as taught through storytelling. This book is a must for anyone working on Islamic philosophy and Sufism. M. Shobhana Xavier is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queen’s University. Her research areas are on contemporary Sufism in North America and South Asia. She is the author of Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism(Bloombsury Press, 2018) and a co-author of Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture (Routledge, 2017). More details about her research and scholarship may be found on here and here. She may be reached at shobhana.xavier@queensu.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyrus Ali Zargar, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, is the author of The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (Oneworld, 2017). Zargar explores how the study of good character and the pursuit of perfection, or virtue ethics, was part of a broader discursive network that included Islamic jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Using the metaphor of the polished mirror and the tradition of storytelling shared by Islamic philosophers and Sufis, Zargar frames virtue ethics not as a fixed notion, but as part of a network that broadly engages ideal positive character traits. Each chapter of the book focuses on various philosophers or Sufis from the years 900 to 1300. Each of these figures variously framed ethics through sacred revelation (Qur’an) and prophetic tradition (hadith) all the while incorporating rationality or traditions of exemplary saintly figures. Despite their differing modes and methodologies, at times, their conclusions were similar. For instance, the philosophers, such as Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl, having gleaned from the ancient Greek traditions, amplified traits of friendship and love for the betterment of society. While for some Sufis, the quest for human perfection set them on a path that focused on the cultivation of internal qualities, as seen in the tales of Ansari, ‘Attar, and Rumi. The stories told here are provocative, humorous, and truly pedagogical. They help the reader transcend normative notions of ethics, especially as limited to Islamic jurisprudence and positive law, and highlights the complex ways in which philosophers and Sufis were intimately focused on being good and doing good as taught through storytelling. This book is a must for anyone working on Islamic philosophy and Sufism. M. Shobhana Xavier is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queen’s University. Her research areas are on contemporary Sufism in North America and South Asia. She is the author of Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism(Bloombsury Press, 2018) and a co-author of Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture (Routledge, 2017). More details about her research and scholarship may be found on here and here. She may be reached at shobhana.xavier@queensu.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyrus Ali Zargar, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, is the author of The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (Oneworld, 2017). Zargar explores how the study of good character and the pursuit of perfection, or virtue ethics, was part of a broader discursive network that included Islamic jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Using the metaphor of the polished mirror and the tradition of storytelling shared by Islamic philosophers and Sufis, Zargar frames virtue ethics not as a fixed notion, but as part of a network that broadly engages ideal positive character traits. Each chapter of the book focuses on various philosophers or Sufis from the years 900 to 1300. Each of these figures variously framed ethics through sacred revelation (Qur’an) and prophetic tradition (hadith) all the while incorporating rationality or traditions of exemplary saintly figures. Despite their differing modes and methodologies, at times, their conclusions were similar. For instance, the philosophers, such as Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl, having gleaned from the ancient Greek traditions, amplified traits of friendship and love for the betterment of society. While for some Sufis, the quest for human perfection set them on a path that focused on the cultivation of internal qualities, as seen in the tales of Ansari, ‘Attar, and Rumi. The stories told here are provocative, humorous, and truly pedagogical. They help the reader transcend normative notions of ethics, especially as limited to Islamic jurisprudence and positive law, and highlights the complex ways in which philosophers and Sufis were intimately focused on being good and doing good as taught through storytelling. This book is a must for anyone working on Islamic philosophy and Sufism. M. Shobhana Xavier is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queen’s University. Her research areas are on contemporary Sufism in North America and South Asia. She is the author of Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism(Bloombsury Press, 2018) and a co-author of Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture (Routledge, 2017). More details about her research and scholarship may be found on here and here. She may be reached at shobhana.xavier@queensu.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyrus Ali Zargar, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, is the author of The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (Oneworld, 2017). Zargar explores how the study of good character and the pursuit of perfection, or virtue ethics, was part of a broader discursive network that included Islamic jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Using the metaphor of the polished mirror and the tradition of storytelling shared by Islamic philosophers and Sufis, Zargar frames virtue ethics not as a fixed notion, but as part of a network that broadly engages ideal positive character traits. Each chapter of the book focuses on various philosophers or Sufis from the years 900 to 1300. Each of these figures variously framed ethics through sacred revelation (Qur’an) and prophetic tradition (hadith) all the while incorporating rationality or traditions of exemplary saintly figures. Despite their differing modes and methodologies, at times, their conclusions were similar. For instance, the philosophers, such as Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl, having gleaned from the ancient Greek traditions, amplified traits of friendship and love for the betterment of society. While for some Sufis, the quest for human perfection set them on a path that focused on the cultivation of internal qualities, as seen in the tales of Ansari, ‘Attar, and Rumi. The stories told here are provocative, humorous, and truly pedagogical. They help the reader transcend normative notions of ethics, especially as limited to Islamic jurisprudence and positive law, and highlights the complex ways in which philosophers and Sufis were intimately focused on being good and doing good as taught through storytelling. This book is a must for anyone working on Islamic philosophy and Sufism. M. Shobhana Xavier is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queen’s University. Her research areas are on contemporary Sufism in North America and South Asia. She is the author of Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism(Bloombsury Press, 2018) and a co-author of Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture (Routledge, 2017). More details about her research and scholarship may be found on here and here. She may be reached at shobhana.xavier@queensu.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyrus Ali Zargar, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, is the author of The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (Oneworld, 2017). Zargar explores how the study of good character and the pursuit of perfection, or virtue ethics, was part of a broader discursive network that included Islamic jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Using the metaphor of the polished mirror and the tradition of storytelling shared by Islamic philosophers and Sufis, Zargar frames virtue ethics not as a fixed notion, but as part of a network that broadly engages ideal positive character traits. Each chapter of the book focuses on various philosophers or Sufis from the years 900 to 1300. Each of these figures variously framed ethics through sacred revelation (Qur’an) and prophetic tradition (hadith) all the while incorporating rationality or traditions of exemplary saintly figures. Despite their differing modes and methodologies, at times, their conclusions were similar. For instance, the philosophers, such as Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl, having gleaned from the ancient Greek traditions, amplified traits of friendship and love for the betterment of society. While for some Sufis, the quest for human perfection set them on a path that focused on the cultivation of internal qualities, as seen in the tales of Ansari, ‘Attar, and Rumi. The stories told here are provocative, humorous, and truly pedagogical. They help the reader transcend normative notions of ethics, especially as limited to Islamic jurisprudence and positive law, and highlights the complex ways in which philosophers and Sufis were intimately focused on being good and doing good as taught through storytelling. This book is a must for anyone working on Islamic philosophy and Sufism. M. Shobhana Xavier is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Queen’s University. Her research areas are on contemporary Sufism in North America and South Asia. She is the author of Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism(Bloombsury Press, 2018) and a co-author of Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture (Routledge, 2017). More details about her research and scholarship may be found on here and here. She may be reached at shobhana.xavier@queensu.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Intellect and alienation in Ibn Bājja and Ibn Ṭufayl, author of the philosophical desert island castaway tale “Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān.”

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner's scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you'll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner's scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you'll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), Avner Ben Zaken introduces readers to a wonderfully diverse cast of characters and texts to show how fundamental notions of modern science (and modernity in general) were established in cross-cultural exchanges across the globe. Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 is a study of the ways that early modern science traveled among localities and cultures and was constituted by those travels, focusing on the example of post-Copernican cosmologies. In the course of this fascinating study, Ben Zaken considers what it means to talk about “incommensurable” cultures, and champions the historical power of the mundane and the marginal. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism traces the composition, travels, and translation of Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan as a way get at a history of debates about autididacticism in twelfth-century Marrakesh, fourteenth-century Barcelona, Renaissance Florence, and seventeenth-century England. This is an elegantly written and exhaustively researched world history of a single text on wildness, childhood, and nature, among many other themes that emerged and transformed in the very different contexts that the Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan was studied and engaged. Since these two books represent parts of a coherent intellectual project in progress, we spoke about them in both in terms of the broader issues that underpin Avner’s scholarly work. We talked a great deal about the craft of historical writing. Topics ranged from the opportunities and challenges of working at different historical scales and bringing micro- and macro-history into the same project, to how academic training leads young historians to study local cultures in a particularly monadic way. It was a very stimulating conversation for me, and I hope you’ll enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices