Henry Corbin
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Henry Corbin was a 20th-century French philosopher and Islamic scholar best known for his pioneering studies of Iranian Shi'ism and Sufi mysticism, particularly through his interpretations of visionary and esoteric traditions.
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| Henry Corbin canonical | 3 |
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| instanceOf |
French person
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Islamic studies scholar ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Sorbonne University
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École pratique des hautes études ⓘ
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École Pratique des Hautes Études
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| associatedWith |
Eranos conferences
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Jungian circle at Eranos ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1903-04-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1978-10-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
Collège de France
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Écoles françaises à l’étranger ⓘ
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Institut Français de Téhéran
University of Tehran ⓘ École pratique des hautes études ⓘ
surface form:
École Pratique des Hautes Études
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| fieldOfWork |
Iranian studies
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Islamic studies ⓘ comparative mysticism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
angelic function of the self
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hierohistory ⓘ imaginal body ⓘ mundus imaginalis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gilles Deleuze
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Jacques Derrida ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Seyyed Hossein Nasr ⓘ William Chittick ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
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Martin Heidegger ⓘ Mulla Sadra ⓘ Rudolf Otto ⓘ Suhrawardi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concept of the imaginal world (mundus imaginalis)
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interpretation of visionary and esoteric traditions in Islam ⓘ phenomenology of religious imagination ⓘ studies of Iranian Shi'ism ⓘ studies of Sufi mysticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German ⓘ Persian ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Shia Sufism
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Iranian mysticism
Islamic philosophy ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ
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Shi'a Islam
Sufism ⓘ Twelver Shia ⓘ
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Twelver Shi'ism
comparative theology ⓘ |
| name | Henry Corbin self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Avicenna and the Visionary Recital
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Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi ⓘ The Spirit of Islam ⓘ
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En Islam iranien
History of Islamic Philosophy ⓘ Temple and Contemplation ⓘ The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
existential phenomenology
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Department of Iranology at the Institut Français de Téhéran
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Professor of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Ismaili thought
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Shi'i gnosis ⓘ angelology in Islamic thought ⓘ esoteric exegesis (ta'wil) ⓘ hermeneutics of sacred texts ⓘ theosophy of Suhrawardi ⓘ |
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