Al-Biruni: A Muslim Critical Thinker

foucault: a critical thinker

this essay intends to show critical abilities of m. foucault's thought. it purposes that assertion to structural and relativistic narratives of foucault's thought, and interpration of it on heidegger, prevents to see critical aspects and critical thought project of foucault. the essay argues that in regard to critical thought, and out of limits of previous critical theory, foucault, w...

Al-Biruni and the Mathematical Geography

Abu Raihan Al-Biruni (973 1048) is considered one of the intellectual giants of humankind. He was an astronomer, physicist and geographer, that distinguished himself as linguist and historian too. Here we discuss his major contributions to the mathematical geography of Middle Ages.

The Representation of Muslim Women in Non-Islamic Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis Study on Guardian

Providing analytical and social tools, critical discourse analysis (henceforthCDA) can be used to unravel the hidden ideologiesas well as biases in the websof discursive practices involved in texts. In this paper, the van Leeuwen’s (1996)CDA framework is used to analyze an article from a British broadsheet newspaper,the Guardian. To have a more detailed analysis, eleven elements are chosen from...

A Critical Study on the Theories of Environmental Ethics With the Rule of Basit al-Haqiqah

A philosophical rule which is of prime importance in transcendent wisdom is the rule expressed as “ basit ul-haqiqah koll ul-ashya wa laysat bi shayin minha, the simple truth is all things and, at the same time, it is none of them”. Although the philosophical rule is essentially for adducing the unity of God, it has other applications which could be obtained through enumerating its latent featu...

The Unity of Kant’s Active Thinker