Oliver Leaman

Oliver Leaman (* 1950 ) is a British philosopher . He is Professor of Philosophy and of Jewish Studies at the University of Kentucky and is v. a. with Arabic and Jewish philosophy .

Life

Leaman studied at Oxford and Cambridge , where he earned his doctorate in 1979. He taught at the University of Khartoum , at the Liverpool John Moores University and teaches since August 2000 at the University of Kentucky , Louisville, professor of philosophy and Jewish studies.

approach

Leaman's methodical approach aims at a systematic analysis and discussion of historical philosophical problems. He criticizes the fact that the history of Jewish and Arab philosophy often lags behind the discussion of historical classification criteria. Leaman criticizes the fact that the history of Jewish and Arabic philosophy is not an integral part of research and teaching in philosophical faculties, but is often dealt with in non-subject areas, where v. a. Philological, theological or religious studies interests are pursued. In doing so, he particularly criticizes the confusion of philosophical and religious aspects. In general, he criticizes the fact that, according to a widespread methodology, it is assumed that Islamic philosophy has continuously operated in its hostile context, so that behind the wording of philosophical texts a position that is actually represented but kept hidden is hidden. Such was the opinion of v. a. Leo Strauss represented; Leaman also systematically attacks its prerequisites in his Maimonides interpretation.

Works

• An introduction to medieval Islamic philosophy , Cambridge University Press 1985.
• Death and loss: Compassionate Attitudes in the Classroom , Cassell 1995.
• Evil and suffering in Jewish philosophy , Cambridge University Press 1995
• (Ed. with Seyyed Hossein Nasr ) History of Islamic Philosophy , Routledge 1996
• Friendship East and West - Philosophical Perspectives , ed. O. Leaman, Curzon, 1996.
• (Ed. with D. Frank) History of Jewish Philosophy , Routledge 1996.
• Moses Maimonides , Routledge 1990, 2nd A. 1997, ISBN 0-415-03608-9 ; Cape. 5 ( The Assault on the kalam ) reprinted in: J. Krstovic (Ed.): Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism 76
• Averroes and his Philosophy Curzon, 2nd A. 1997
• The future of Jewish philosophy , in: Frank, Daniel H./Leaman, Oliver (eds.), History of Jewish Philosophy , London / New York 1997.
• (ed.) The Future of Philosophy: towards the 21st Century , Routledge 1998, ISBN 0-415-14928-2 .
• Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy , Routledge 1999.
• A Brief Introduction to Islamic Philosophy , Polity Press, 1999.
• Eastern Philosophy: Key Readings , London, Routledge, 2000.
• (Ed. with D. Frank, C. Manekin) A Reader in Jewish Philosophy , Routledge 2000
• (ed.) Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy , Routledge 2001
• (Ed.) Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film , Routledge 2001
• (Ed. with G. Howarth) Encyclopedia of Death and Dying , Routledge 2001
• Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy , Cambridge University Press 2001
• (Ed. with D. Frank) Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy , Cambridge University Press 2003.
• Lost in Translation: Essays in Islamic and Jewish Philosophy , Sarajevo: buybook 2004
• Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction , Edinburgh University Press, Islamic Surveys Series 2004.
• (Ed.) The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia , Routledge 2006.
• Jewish Thought , Routledge 2006.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The future of Jewish philosophy, lc
2. ↑ Does the Interpretation of Islamic Philosophy Rest on a Mistake ?, in International Journal of Middle East Studies 12/4 (1980), 525-538, here 525f

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