MofA Week 5: Music and the Metaphysical
topics:
- Music in metaphysical theory
- Islamic discourse concerning music's legitimacy (the music polemic)
- as an artistic practice
- as a spiritual practice
- Music in Sufi and Islamic philosophical writings
- The Ikhwan al-Safa (Basra, Iraq, 10th century) provide a philosophical-scientific treatment of music (Fifth Epistle) within a comprehensive encyclopedia work. Note the prominent position of music in their division of scientific knowledge
- al-Kindi
- al-Farabi
- Ibn Sina
- al-Ghazzali
- Islamic discourse concerning music's legitimacy (the music polemic)
- Music in metaphysical (religious) practice
- Music in Islamic practice in Arabic-speaking regions
- Music in Church practices in Arabic-speaking regions