World Turned Inside Out

The first book in English to synthesize the remarkable work of Henry Corbin, the great French philosopher, Christian theologian, and scholar of Islamic mysticism. Corbin, a colleague of Jung's at Eranos, was one of the seminal influences on the development of archetypal psychology, especially through the idea of the "imaginal world." His work bridges the gap between the philosophy and theology of the West and the mysticism of Islam and provides a radical and unified vision of the 3 great monotheistic religions based upon the Creative Imagination. This book will be of special interest to those seeking to understand Islamic spirituality and the relation between spirituality and ecology and will also inform current interpretations of the politics of terrorism.

Prima carte in limba engleza care sintetizeaza opera remarcabila a lui Henry Corbin, marele filosof francez, teolog crestin si carturar al misticismului islamic. Corbin, un coleg de-al lui Jung la Eranos, a fost una dintre influentele seminale asupra dezvoltarii psihologiei arhetipale, mai ales prin ideea „lumii imaginale”. Opera sa acopera decalajul dintre filosofia si teologia Occidentului si misticismul Islamului si ofera o viziune radicala si unificata a celor 3 mari religii monoteiste bazate pe imaginatia creativa.