{"product_id":"al-ghaz-257-l-299-and-the-idea-of-moral-beauty-hardcover","title":"Al-Ghaz\u0026#257;l\u0026#299; And the Idea of Moral Beauty - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSophia Vasalou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAl-Ghazālī and the Idea of Moral Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e rethinks the relationship between the good and the beautiful by considering the work of eleventh-century Muslim theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA giant of Islamic intellectual history, al-Ghazālī is celebrated for his achievements in a wide range of disciplines. One of his greatest intellectual contributions lies in the sphere of ethics, where he presided over an ambitious attempt to integrate philosophical and scriptural ideas into a seamless ethical vision. The connection between ethics and aesthetics turns out to be a signature feature of this account. Virtue is one of the forms of beauty, and human beings are naturally disposed to respond to it with love. The universal human response to beauty in turn provides the central paradigm for thinking about the love commanded by God. While al-Ghazālī's account of divine love has received ample attention, his special way of drawing the good into relation with the beautiful has oddly escaped remark. In this book Sophia Vasalou addresses this gap by offering a philosophical and contextual study of this aspect of al-Ghazālī's ethics and of the conception of moral beauty that emerges from it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to scholars and students in Islamic ethics, Islamic intellectual history, and the history of ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSophia Vasalou\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophical Theology at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on philosophical and theological ethics in the Islamic world. Her published works include \u003cem\u003eMoral Agents and Their Deserts: The Character of Muʿtazilite Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), \u003cem\u003eSchopenhauer and the Aesthetic Standpoint: Philosophy as a Practice of the Sublime\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), and \u003cem\u003eWonder: A Grammar\u003c\/em\u003e (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785821520160,"sku":"9781032052052","price":118.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/10dcaa3252a50f87e4082bec3f69fa3a.webp?v=1780621411","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/al-ghaz-257-l-299-and-the-idea-of-moral-beauty-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}