{"product_id":"imaginal-islam-henry-corbin-and-the-metaphysics-of-the-imaginal-world-9798261882022","title":"Imaginal Islam: Henry Corbin and the Metaphysics of the Imaginal World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Epistemology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImaginal Islam: Henry Corbin and the Metaphysics of the Imaginal World\u003c\/i\u003e is a continuation of my long-term engagement with the thought of Henry Corbin. Building upon my earlier studies of Corbin, this book moves beyond introductory exposition toward a deeper exploration of the imaginal world as a fundamental dimension of Islamic metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this work is Corbin's recovery of \u003ci\u003eʿālam al-mithāl\u003c\/i\u003e-the imaginal world that mediates between the sensible and the intelligible. Rather than treating imagination as a psychological faculty or literary metaphor, this book approaches it as an ontological reality through which meaning, symbol, and spiritual knowledge become accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Corbin's readings of Ibn ʿArabi, Suhrawardi, and the Illuminationist tradition, the book examines creative imagination as an organ of knowledge, angelology as a metaphysics of mediation, and symbolic perception as a mode of encounter rather than representation. These themes are developed not as abstract doctrines, but as a coherent philosophical vision that challenges modern reductions of religion to law, ideology, or identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume also situates imaginal Islam within the contemporary crisis of meaning. By engaging Corbin's critique of modernity, secularism, and literalism, the book offers an alternative orientation-one that neither rejects critical reason nor surrenders metaphysical depth. Imaginal Islam is presented here as a way of seeing, grounded in Islamic philosophy yet open to universal resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for readers already familiar with Corbin's work, as well as those seeking a philosophically rigorous entry into his thought, \u003ci\u003eImaginal Islam\u003c\/i\u003e is intended as a reflective continuation rather than a repetition. It invites the reader to move from interpretation toward participation, and from conceptual understanding toward attentiveness to the imaginal horizon itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593135472791,"sku":"9798261882022","price":1644.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798261882022.webp?v=1774980744","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/imaginal-islam-henry-corbin-and-the-metaphysics-of-the-imaginal-world-9798261882022","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}