TY - JOUR ID - 32982 TI - Equilibrium and Realization: William Chittick on Self and Cosmos JO - جاویدان خرد JA - IW LA - fa SN - 2251-8932 AU - رستم, محمد AD - . Y1 - 2010 PY - 2010 VL - 06 IS - 12 SP - 5 EP - 18 KW - William Chittick KW - cosmology KW - scientism KW - anthropocosmic vision KW - microcosm KW - macrocosm DO - N2 - William Chittick, currently Professor of Religious Studies at the State University of New York (Stony Brook), is an internationally renowned expert on Islamic thought. His contributions to the fields of Sufism and Islamic philosophy have helped paint a clearer picture of the intellectual and spiritual landscape of Islamic civilization from the 7th/13th century onwards. Yet Chittick is not simply concerned with discussions in Islamic thought as artifacts of premodern intellectual history. His vast knowledge of the Islamic intellectual tradition serves as the platform from which he seeks to address a broad range of contemporary issues. In this short essay, I will outline Chittick’s writings on the self within the context of his treatment of cosmology. Rather than being outdated ways of looking at the universe and our relationship to it, Chittick argues that traditional Islamic cosmological teachings are just as pertinent to the question of the self today as they were yesterday. UR - http://www.javidankherad.ir/article_32982.html L1 - http://www.javidankherad.ir/article_32982_fb0fe08293563add86c96388f071c689.pdf ER -