Al Ghazzali: His Psychology of the Greater Struggle

by Laleh Bakhtiar (Translator)

Overview

Following an Introduction to al-Ghazzali's psychology of the greater struggle, the author gives a commentary upon Part One of al-Ghazzali's Introduction to his famous Alchemy of Happiness called Knowing One's Self. The Alchemy of Happiness is al-Ghazzali's summary of his Ihya Ulum al-Din or Revival of the Religious Sciences. This work provides a unique explanation of Islamic psychology.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016642895
Publisher:	Kazi Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/09/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	230
File size:	368 KB

About the Author

American novelist Dave Eggers said he relied on The Sublime Quran translation as part of the research for his best selling book Zeitoun and recommended it on Oprah.com as a translation that is "beautiful and accessible."
The translator, Laleh Bakhtiar, has been featured in the NY Times, Chicago Tribune, London Times and has been a keynote speaker or lecturer at major conferences around the world including The Aspen Institute.
She has spoken up against Domestic violence against Muslim Women at conferences in NY, Chicago and Atlanta and shared the stage with notable human rights activist such as Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi.
Laleh Bakhtiar has a BA in History from Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, MA in Philosophy, MA in Counseling Psychology and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and is also a Nationally Certified Counselor and Licensed Professional Psychotherapist in the State of Illinois.
She is co-author of The Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture (University of Chicago Press) and author of SUFI Expressions of the Mystic Quest (Thames and Hudson, London), three volumes of God�s Will Be Done on Moral Healing and some fifteen other books on various aspects of Islam including being the first American woman to produce a critical translation of the Quran entitled The Sublime Quran. She has also translated over twenty-five books on Islam and the Islamic movement into English. Through the works on psychology she has become the leading authority on Spiritual Chivalry (futuwwah, javanmardi) and the Sufi origins of the Enneagram.
She directs her work towards Muslim women and youth who, once they learn of this model of spiritual chivalry become more positive oriented towards their faith and family.
She is presently Director of the Institute of Traditional Psychology and Scholar in Residence at Kazi Publications. She taught Islam at the University of Chicago and has a computer based training program on the internet at www.sufienneagram.com