Éric Geoffroy Explained

Region:Perennial philosophy
Era:20th-century philosophy
Birth Place:Belfort, France
School Tradition:Sufism
Main Interests:Sufism, poetry, philosophy, sociology, modernity in Islam
Notable Ideas:L'Islam sera spirituel ou ne sera plus (Islam shall be spiritual or shall be no more)[1] Contemplative Jihad (an expression of the Greater Jihad i.e. the Jihad against one's own ego)[2] Islam in Post-modernity;[3] Universal dimension of Islam[4]

Éric Geoffroy (born 1956) is a French philosopher, islamologist, writer and scholar in the Sufi studies teaching at the University of Strasbourg.[5]

Thought

He is a critic of the notion of a Clash of Civilizations, which he transcends into a Dialogue of Traditions[6] [7] He is an affiliate of the Alawiya Sufi Brotherhood.[8]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Geoffroy, e. L'iSlam sera spirituel ou ne sera plus Paris: Seuil 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=CcFAAQAAIAAJ
  2. Geoffroy, E. Jihad et Contemplation Paris: Albouraq 2002
  3. Geoffroy, E. Abd-el Kader, un spirituel dans la modernité Paris: Albouraq 2010
  4. [Patrick Laude|Laude, P.]
  5. http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/personnage/Goethe/121689 Mention in Geothe's entry at the Marousse encyclopedia
  6. http://www.tiernobokar.columbia.edu/pdfs/relatedevents.pdf Geoffroy E. Lecture at Columbia University, April 15th 2005
  7. Web site: alternative reference and full transcript . 2011-10-15 . 2013-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130602010504/http://www.eric-geoffroy.net/A-Clash-of-Civilizations-The . dead .
  8. http://www.eric-geoffroy.net/ "Le nouveau numéro d'Horizons Maghrébins sur le thème Soufisme et spiritualité en contexte de postmodernité est coordonné par Éric Geoffroy... Lire la suite ..."