{"product_id":"imaginal-islam-kamaruzzaman-bustamam-ahmad-9798224516742","title":"Imaginal Islam: Henry Corbin and the Metaphysics of the Imaginal World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImaginal Islam: Henry Corbin and the Metaphysics of the Imaginal World\u003c\/em\u003e is a continuation of my long-term engagement with the thought of Henry Corbin. Building upon my earlier studies of Corbin, this book moves beyond introductory exposition toward a deeper exploration of the imaginal world as a fundamental dimension of Islamic metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this work is Corbin's recovery of \u003cem\u003eʿālam al-mithāl\u003c\/em\u003e-the imaginal world that mediates between the sensible and the intelligible. Rather than treating imagination as a psychological faculty or literary metaphor, this book approaches it as an ontological reality through which meaning, symbol, and spiritual knowledge become accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Corbin's readings of Ibn ʿArabi, Suhrawardi, and the Illuminationist tradition, the book examines creative imagination as an organ of knowledge, angelology as a metaphysics of mediation, and symbolic perception as a mode of encounter rather than representation. These themes are developed not as abstract doctrines, but as a coherent philosophical vision that challenges modern reductions of religion to law, ideology, or identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume also situates imaginal Islam within the contemporary crisis of meaning. By engaging Corbin's critique of modernity, secularism, and literalism, the book offers an alternative orientation-one that neither rejects critical reason nor surrenders metaphysical depth. Imaginal Islam is presented here as a way of seeing, grounded in Islamic philosophy yet open to universal resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for readers already familiar with Corbin's work, as well as those seeking a philosophically rigorous entry into his thought, \u003cem\u003eImaginal Islam\u003c\/em\u003e is intended as a reflective continuation rather than a repetition. It invites the reader to move from interpretation toward participation, and from conceptual understanding toward attentiveness to the imaginal horizon itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798224516742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kba13 Insight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.29d","brand":"Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447202033919,"sku":"9798224516742","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6410046-ea65-4f90-9843-3bca9090bd48.jpg?v=1777229530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imaginal-islam-kamaruzzaman-bustamam-ahmad-9798224516742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}