Frank Griffel delves into the intellectual history of Islam, exploring its theology and the ways Islamic thinkers have engaged with Western modernity. His work meticulously examines the complex currents of thought and theological debates that have shaped Islamic intellectual traditions across centuries. Griffel's approach is characterized by a deep engagement with historical texts and a nuanced analysis of how Islamic thought has evolved. He illuminates the rich intellectual heritage of Islam and its enduring relevance.
I. Der Islam, eine blühende Distel? II. Die Moderne - Und wie der Islam zu ihr kam III. Gab es einen Verfall der islamischen Kultur? IV. Eine so ganz andere Philosophie V. Ambiguität, Synthese und ein Mangel an Fortschritt VI. Fundamentalismus und ... Kolonialismus Anmerkungen Zum Autor
A comprehensive study of Muslim thinker al-Ghazali's life and his understanding of cosmology-how God creates things and events in the world, how human acts relate to God's power, and how the universe is structured.
This introductory text examines many important applications of functional analysis to mechanics, fluid mechanics, diffusive growth, and approximation. Discusses distribution theory, Green's functions, Banach spaces, Hilbert space, spectral theory, and variational techniques. Also outlines the ideas behind Frechet calculus, stability and bifurcation theory, and Sobolev spaces. 1985 edition. Includes 25 figures and 9 appendices. Supplementary problems. Indexes.
This text gives an overview of conference proceedings. It covers a broad range of topics to provide both guidelines for the novice interested in the field of e-commerce and the state-of-the-art overview for experts in computer science or industrial applications