Professor Emeritus Seyyed Hossein Nasr
An Iranian Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies at George Washington University
and Islamic Philosopher.
Born: Tehran, Iran in 7 April 1933
Education:
Bachelor (Physics) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1954
Masters (M.A) in geology and geophysics from Harvard
University in 1956 PhD at Harvard University in 1958
Workspace:
Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Studies at American University of Beirut in 1964
The Academic Vice-Chancellor of Tehran University in 1968
The President of Aryamehr University in 1972
Patron of the Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations of the Sally
Oaks College in Birmingham in 1990.
Publications:
Books:
1. Title: The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity
ISBN: 0060730641
Publication: HarperCollins Publisher in 2004
2. Title: Science and Civilization in Islam
ISBN: 0674793056
Publication: Harvard University Press in 1968
3. Title: History of Islamic Philosophy
Edited by: Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman
ISBN10: 0415056675 (hbk)
Publication: Routledge in 1996
4. Title: Traditional Islam in the Modern World
ISBN: 0710303327
Publication: Kegan Paul International in 1987
5. Title: Knowledge and the Sacred
ISBN: 0791401766
Publication: State University of New York Press in 1989
6. Title: Religion and the Order of Nature
ISBN: 0195356160
Publication: Oxford University Press in 1996
7. Title: An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines ISBN:
0791415155
Publication: State University of New York Press in 1993
8. Title: A Young Muslim’s Guide to the Modern World
ISBN: 1567444768
Publication: KAZI Publication, Inc in 1994
9. Title: Three Muslim Sages: Avicenna – Suhrawardi - Ibn ‘Arabi
ISBN: 0882065009
Publication: Caravan Books in 1976
10. Title: Islamic Art and Spirituality
ISBN: 0887061745
Publication: State University of New York Press in 1987
11. Title: The Need for A Sacred Science
ISBN: 0791415171
Publication: State University of New York Press in 1993
12. Title: Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy
in the Land of Prophecy
ISBN: 0791467996
Publication: State University of New York Press in 2006
13. Title: Sufi Essays ISBN: 0873952332
Publication: State University of New York Press in 1972
14. Title: Islamic Spirituality: Foundation
Publication: Routledge and Kagen Paul, London in 2013
15. Title: The Study Quran: A New Translation With Notes and
Commentary
ISBN: 9780061125867
Editor – in – chief: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publication: HarperCollins Publisher in 2015
16. Title: Islamic Life and Thought
ISBN: 9789675062483
Publication: Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur in 2010
17. Title: Islam in the Modern World: Challenged by the West,
Threatened by Fundamentalism,
Keeping Faith with Tradition
ISBN: 0062020129
Publication: Harper Collins in 2011
18. Title: The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia
ISBN: 0700703144
Publication: Curzon Press in 1996
19. Title: Expectation of the Millennium: Shi’ism in History ISBN:
0887068448
Publication: State University of New York Press in 1989
20. Title: Shi’ism: Doctrines, Thought and Spirituality
ISBN: 0887066895
Publication: State University of New York Press in 1988
21. Title: Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man
ISBN: 0044406207
Publication: Unwin Paperback in 1968
22. Title: Tasawuf: Dulu dan Sekarang
ISBN: 9786027696976
Translator: Abdul Hadi W.M
Publication: IRCiSoD in 2020
Citations:
1. Title: Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study
Bibliographic citation: World of Islam Festival Publishing, London in 1976
2. Title: Islamic Studies: Essays on Law and Society, the Sciences and
Philosophy and Sufism Publication: Librairie Du Liban in 1967
Article:
1. Title: Islam and The Problem of Modern Science Detail of Journal:
Islam and Science (Vol 8, Issue 1)
Published Year: Summer 2010
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Center for Islam and Science
2. Title: Shi’ism and Sufism: Their Relationship in Essence and in
History Detail of journal: Vol 6, Issue 3
Published year: 2008
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
3. Title: Intellect and Intuition: Their Relationship form the Islamic
Perspective
Detail of Journal: Studies in Comparative Religion (Vol 13, No.1&2)
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
4. Title: Existence (wujud) and Quiddity (mahiyyah) in Islamic
Philosophy
Detail of Journal: International Philosophical Quarterly (Vol 9, Issue 4)
Pages: 409 – 428
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
5. Title: The Spread of the Illuminationist School of Suhrawardi Detail
of Journal: Studies in Comparative Religion (Vol 6, No. 3)
Published Year: 1972
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
6. Title: The Male and Female in the Islamic Perspective
Detail of Journal: Studies in Comparative Religion (Vol 14, No. 1&2)
Published Year: 1980
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
7. Title: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition
Detail of Journal: Studies in Comparative Religion (Vol 8, No. 2)
Published year: 1974
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
8. Title: Islamic-Christian Dialogue: Problems and Obstacles to be
Pondered and Overcome Detail of Journal: Islam and Christian-Muslim
Relations (Vol 11, Issue 2) pages 213-227
Published year: 2010
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
9. Title: The Islamic World View and Modern Science
Detail of Journal: MAAS Journal of Islamic Science (Vol 10, No. 2) pages
33-50
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Europe PMC
10. Title: Islam and Music: The Views of Ruzbahan Baqli, the Patron
Saint of Shiraz
Detail of Journal: Studies in Comparative Religion, (Vol 10, No 1)
Published year: 1976
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
11. Title: The Influence of Sufism on Traditional Persian Music Detail of
Journal: Studies in Comparative Religion, (Vol 6, No 4)
Published year: 1972
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
12. Title: Who is Man? The Perennial Answer of Islam
Detail of Journal: Studies in Comparative Religion, (Vol 2, No 1)
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
13. Title: Self-awareness and Ultimate Selfhood
Detail of Journal: Religious Studies, (Vol 13, Issue 3) pages 319-325
Published year: 2008
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Cmbridge University Press
