Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
2. Kun ka-ibn Ādam: Nonviolence and Quranic Interpretation in Ǧawdat Saʿīd’s Thought
Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
Pietro Menghini [+]
Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples
Pietro Menghini is a PhD candidate at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples. His work focuses on the history of the Sadrist Trend during the 90s, and his research interests concentrate on Islamic political thought and the history of the Middle East. He previously graduated in Islamic and Arabic Studies from the University of Naples “L’Orientale” with a dissertation on the Nonviolent Syrian thinker Ǧawdat Saʿīd.
Description
This chapter explores the nonviolent theories of the Syrian thinker Ǧawdat Saʿīd presented in his work, Kun ka-ibn Ādam (Be Like Adam’s Son). In this book, Saʿīd develops a historicist method of exegesis of the Quran to support his nonviolent interpretation of Islam. The chapter analyses how Saʿīd outlines his exegetical method and his conception of history.