Open AccessNavigating a Fractal World: Ibn Al-'Arabi, Civilisational Renewal, and the New Sciences
Author(s) -
Eric Winkel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
islam and civilisational renewal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-8728
pISSN - 2041-871X
DOI - 10.52282/icr.v2i3.630
Subject(s) - vision , islam , perspective (graphical) , focus (optics) , sociology , epistemology , political science , social science , philosophy , anthropology , computer science , theology , artificial intelligence , physics , optics
After surveying visions of the future, this article engages some of the most interesting conceptualisations coming from the ‘new sciences’ and resonating with the perspective of civilisational renewal. The focus is on the environment, as the most accessible point of departure for visions of the future, and ‘transition’, as the best description of where we are. From here, the language of Islamic civilisational renewal is brought out to both deepen and sharpen the contemporary discourse.