The Construction of Muhammad Iqbal’s Theory of Action in the Context of Charles Taylor’s Philosophy of Action

Year 2018, , 395 - 411, 21.07.2018

Sevcan Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.18491/beytulhikme.446513

Abstract

This article provides an
analysis of Muhammad Iqbal’s views on the notion of action in the
context and light of Charles Taylor’s philosophy of action and attempts
at constructing Iqbal’s own theory of action. Despite the fact that the
Notion of action is one of the central issues of Iqbal’s philosophy, the
literature on Iqbal lacks in the studies dealing with this notion in a
philosophical context. The notion of action has also become one of the
popular topics of modern philosophy since the second half of the
twentieth century. However, current discussions in this field present a
narrow understanding of the term by ignoring non-western philosophers’
contribution to the field. Therefore, it is aimed at this study to
contribute to the literature in three fields: to the literature of
contemporary philosophy of action by highlighting the views of a Muslim
philosopher on the notion of action, to the literature on Iqbal by
examining one of his central concepts that deserves to be taken more
seriously in a philosophical context, and finally to comparative
philosophical studies by comparing the views of these two philosophers
who have never been brought together in a study, and by developing a
dialogue between them.

Keywords

Philosophy of action, contemporary Islamic Thought, Muhammad Iqbal, Charles Taylor, action

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