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- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- ISSN
- 1938-8020
Abstract
<p>Abstract:</p><p>This essay brings a process approach to the One-Many problem as treated in Gilles Deleuze's thought, by focusing on the work of á¹¢adr al-DÄ«n Muhammad al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ« (Shiraz, 1571–1640). First acknowledging Avicenna's concept of the univocity of being (attributed to John Duns Scotus) that influenced Deleuze, this essay examines how later Islamic philosophy, only recently transmitted to the West, provides methods for a lively process-based ontology. It compares á¹¢adrÄ's process cosmology to those of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz and Alfred North Whitehead and examines his critique of abstraction in light of <i>tashkÄ«k</i>, systematic ambiguity or modulation. The essay argues that á¹¢adrÄ's influence can make generative contributions to Deleuzean thought in terms of process realism, <i>tashkÄ«k</i> as disjunctive synthesis, immanent causality, singularity, and an optimistic, worldoriented approach. á¹¢adrÄ's work allows us to rethink the boundary between philosophy and theology, and the essay proposes means to de-transcendentalize religious philosophy, if necessary.</p>
Journal
Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences – University of Nebraska Press
Published: Mar 28, 2019