Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 – 7 October 1978)
[Shayegan, Daryush]
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in Encyclopaedia Iranica
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. was a French
philosopher,
theologian
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, and
Iranologist
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, professor of
Islamic studies
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at the
École pratique des hautes études
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. He was influential in extending the modern study of traditional
Islamic philosophy
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from
early ''falsafa'' to later and "
mystical
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" figures such as
Suhrawardi,
Ibn Arabi
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, and
Mulla Sadra Shirazi.
Corbin was born in Paris in April 1903.
Although
Protestant
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by birth, he received a
Catholic
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education, obtaining a certificate in
Scholastic philosophy from the
Catholic Institute of Paris
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at age 19. Three years later he took his
"license de philosophie" under the
Thomist
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Étienne Gilson
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. He also studied modern philosophy, including
hermeneutics
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and
phenomenology, becoming the first French translator of
Martin Heidegger
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. In 1928,
Louis Massignon
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(director of Islamic studies at the
Sorbonne
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*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
*one of its components or linked institution, ...
) introduced him to Suhrawardi, the 12th-century Persian Muslim thinker. This drew Corbin's interest to
Iranian Islam, which he believed
esoterically expressed older
perennial
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elements related to
Zoroastrianism
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and
Platonism
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. In a late interview, Corbin said: "through my meeting with Suhrawardi, my spiritual destiny for the passage through this world was sealed. Platonism, expressed in terms of the Zoroastrian
angelology
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...
of ancient
Persia
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, illuminated the path that I was seeking."
[ English translation of the entire interview with Philippe Nemo courtesy of L'Association des Amis de Stella et Henry Corbin. Quoted in Cheetham, Tom, ''The World Turned Inside Out'', p. xi.]
Corbin regularly spent time in
Iran
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, working with
Shia
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thinkers such as
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his '' ...
and
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University.
Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...
. He also became prominent in the
Eranos
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circle of scholars initiated by
Carl Jung
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, whose theories (such as the
collective unconscious and
active imagination) he appreciated. Aside from Islamic philosophy, Corbin wrote on
Christian mysticism
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, especially
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Swedenborg had a ...
and the
Holy Grail
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. His general work ''Histoire de la philosophie islamique'' (1964) decisively challenged the common European view that philosophy in the Islamic world declined after
Ibn Rushd
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Andalusian polymath and jurist who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, ...
.
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Encyclopedia of Religion.
Life and work
The philosophical life and career of Corbin can be divided into three phases. The first is the 1920s and 1930s, when he was involved in learning and teaching
western philosophy
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. The second is the years between 1939 and 1946, in which he studied
Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi
"Shihāb ad-Dīn" Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardī ( fa, شهابالدین سهروردی, also known as Sohrevardi) (1154–1191) was a PersianEdward Craig, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "al-Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din Yahya (1154-91)" Ro ...
and the
School of Illumination in
Istanbul
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. The last phase begins in 1946 and lasts until his death, in which he studied and reintroduced
eastern
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and
Islamic philosophy
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.
In 1933 he married
Stella Leenhardt. In 1938, he completed the first translation of one of
Heidegger
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's works into French (''Was ist Metaphysik?'', as ''Qu’est-ce que la metaphysique?'').
In 1939 they traveled to
Istanbul
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, and in 1945 to
Tehran
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. They returned to
Paris
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one year later in July 1946. In 1949, Corbin first attended the annual
Eranos
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Conferences in
Ascona, Switzerland. In 1954 he succeeded
Louis Massignon
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in the Chair of Islam and the Religions of
Arabia
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. From the 1950s on he spent autumn in Tehran, winter in Paris and spring in
Ascona.
The three major works upon which his reputation largely rests in the
English speaking world
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were first published in French in the 1950s: ''Avicenna and the Visionary Recital'', ''Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi'' and ''Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth''. His later major work on Central Asian and Iranian
Sufism appears in English with an Introduction by
Zia Inayat Khan
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as ''The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism''. His
magnum opus
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is the four volume ''En Islam Iranien: Aspects spirituels et philosophiques''. It has been translated into
Persian
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twice by Dr Enshollah Rahmati and Reza Kuhkan from French (the 4th volume being still untranslated). He died on 7 October 1978.
Main themes
There are several main themes which together form the core of the
spirituality that Corbin defends. The
Imagination is the primary means to engage with Creation.
Prayer
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is the "supreme act of the creative imagination". He considered himself a
Protestant
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Christian but he abandoned a
Christocentric
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view of history. The grand sweep of his
theology
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of the
Holy Spirit embraces
Judaism
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,
Christianity
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and
Islam. He defended the central role assigned in theology for the individual as the finite image of the Unique Divine.
His
mysticism
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is no world-denying
asceticism but regards all of Creation as a
theophany
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of the divine. This vision has much in common with what has become known as
Creation Spirituality, and the figure of the Angel Holy Spirit is similar to what is sometimes called the
Cosmic Christ
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Early ...
.
Legacy and influence
Corbin's ideas have continued through colleagues, students and others influenced by his work. These include the following prolific scholars of Sufism and Islamic thought:
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University.
Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...
,
William Chittick
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,
Christian Jambet,
Ali Amir-Moezzi,
Hermann Landolt,
Pierre Lory,
James Cowan, James Morris, and Todd Lawson. In England his influence has been felt in the work of
Kathleen Raine
Kathleen Jessie Raine CBE (14 June 1908 – 6 July 2003) was a British poet, critic, and scholar, writing in particular on William Blake, W. B. Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Known for her interest in various forms of spirituality, most prominently ...
,
Phillip Sherrard and other members of the
Temenos Academy
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The academy's bac ...
. Corbin was an important source for the
archetypal psychology
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of
James Hillman
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and others who have developed the
psychology
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of
Carl Jung
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. In addition, Corbin was good friends with
Jacques Lacan, the French reinterpreter of
Sigmund Freud
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, which gave
Lacan
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a familiarity with Islamic thought. The American literary critic
Harold Bloom
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claims Corbin as a significant influence on his own conception of
Gnosticism
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, and the American poet
Charles Olson
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was a student of Corbin's ''Avicenna and the Visionary Recital''. Corbin's friends and colleagues in France have established L'Association des Amis de Henry et Stella Corbin for the dissemination of his work through meetings and colloquia, and the publication of his posthumous writings.
Corbin's work has been criticized by a number of writers, including Steven M. Wasserstrom. Corbin's scholarly objectivity has been questioned on the basis of both a Shi'ite bias, and his theological agenda; he has been accused of being both ahistorically naive and dangerously politically reactionary; and he has been charged with being both an Iranian nationalist and an elitist in both his politics and his spirituality. Other writers, such as Lory and Subtelny, have written to defend Corbin.
[Subtelny, Maria E. ]
History and Religion: The Fallacy of Metaphysical Questions (A Review Article)
” ''Iranian Studies'': March 2003, 36(1): 91-101.
Selected bibliography
*
Avicenna and the Visionary Recital'. Princeton University Press, 1960.
* ''Histoire de la philosophie Islamique''. Gallimard, 1964. (Re-issued by Kegan Paul in 1993 as
History of Islamic Philosophy' ..)
*
Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi'. Princeton University Press, 1969. (Re-issued in 1998 as ''Alone with the Alone''.)
* ''En Islam Iranien: Aspects spirituels et philosophiques'' (4 vols.). Gallimard, 1971–73.
*
Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran'. Princeton University Press, 1977.
* ''Le Paradoxe du Monothéisme''. l'Herne, 1981.
*
Cyclical Time and Ismaili Gnosis'. KPI, 1983.
* ''L'Homme et Son Ange: Initiation et Chevalerie Spirituelle''. Fayard, 1983.
* ''Face de Dieu, Face de l'homme: Hermeneutique et soufisme''. Flammarion, 1983.
*
Temple and Contemplation'. KPI, 1986.
*
The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism'. Omega Publications, 1994.
* ''Swedenborg and Esoteric Islam''. Swedenborg Foundation, 1995.
See also
*
Ahmad Fardid
*
Active imagination
*
Barzakh
Barzakh (Arabic: برزخ, from Persian ''Barzakh'', "limbo, barrier, partition") is an Arabic word meaning "obstacle", "hindrance", "separation", or "barrier". In Islam, it denotes a place separating the living from the hereafter or a phase/" ...
*
Falsafa
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*
Hossein Nasr
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Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...
*
Iranistics
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*
Martin Heidegger
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*
Nader El-Bizri
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*
Sufi studies
*
Temenos Academy Review
References
Further reading
* Adams, Charles J. "The Hermeneutics of Henry Corbin," in ''Approaches to Islam in Religious Studies'', Martin, Ed., University of Arizona Press, 1985.
* Addas, Claude. ''Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi''. Trans.
Peter Kingsley.
Islamic Texts Society
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History
The Islamic Texts Society was founded in Cam ...
, 1993.
* Algar, Hamid. "The Study of Islam: The Work of Henry Corbin." Religious Studies Review 6(2) 1980: 85–91.
* Avens, Roberts. "The Subtle Realm: Corbin, Sufism and Swedenborg," in ''Immanuel Swedenborg: A Continuing Vision'', Edited by Robin Larson. Swedenborg Foundation, 1988.
*
Amir-Moezzi, M.,
Christian Jambet and
Pierre Lory, (eds). ''Henry Corbin: Philosophies et Sagesses des Religions du Livre''. Brepols, 2005.
* Bamford, Christopher. "Esotericism Today: The Example of Henry Corbin," in Henry Corbin, ''The Voyage and the Messenger: Iran and Philosophy''. North Atlantic Books, 1998.
* Bloom, Harold. ''Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams and Resurrection''. Riverhead Books, 1996.
* Brown, Norman O., "The Prophetic Tradition," and "The Apocalypse of Islam," in ''Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis''. University of California Press, 1991.
* Camilleri, Sylvain and Proulx, Daniel. « Martin Heidegger et Henry Corbin : lettres et documents (1930-1941) », in
Bulletin heideggérien', vol. 4, 2014, p. 4-63.
* Cheetham, Tom. ''The World Turned Inside Out: Henry Corbin and Islamic Mysticism.'' Spring Journal Books, 2003.
* _____ ''Green Man, Earth Angel: The Prophetic Tradition and the Battle for the Soul of the World''. SUNY Press, 2005.
* _____ ''After Prophecy: Imagination, Incarnation and the Unity of the Prophetic Tradition. Lectures for the Temenos Academy''. Spring Journal Books, 2007.
* _____ ''All the World an Icon: Henry Corbin and the Angelic Function of Beings'', North Atlantic Books, 2012.
* _____ ''Imaginal Love: The Meanings of Imagination in Henry Corbin and James Hillman'', Spring Publications, 2015.
* Chittick, William. ''The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn 'Arabi's Metaphysics of the Imagination''. SUNY Press, 1989.
*
Chodkiewicz, Michel. ''An Ocean without Shore: Ibn 'Arabi, the Book and the Law''. Trans. David Streight.
Islamic Texts Society
The Islamic Texts Society (ITS) is a peer-reviewed, British publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on Islam. It is registered as an educational charity in the UK.
History
The Islamic Texts Society was founded in Cam ...
, 1993.
* ______ ''Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn 'Arabi''. Trans. Liadain Sherrard. Islamic Texts Society, 1993.
* Corbin, H. (1969). ''Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn `Arabi.'' (Trans. R. Manheim. Original French, 1958.) Princeton, NJ. Princeton University Press.
* Corbin, H. (1972). "Mundus Imaginalis, the Imaginary and the Imaginal". ''Spring,'' 1972 pp. 1–19. New York: Analytical Psychology Club of New York, Inc.
* Elmore, Gerald. ''Islamic Sainthood in the Fullness of Time: Ibn al-'Arabi's Book of the Fabulous Gryphon''. Brill, 1998.
* Jambet, Christian, (Editor). ''Henry Corbin''. Cahier de l'Herne, no. 39. Consacré à Henry Corbin, 1981.
* _____ ''La logique des Orientaux: Henry Corbin et la science des formes''. Éditions du Seuil, 1983.
* Giuliano, Glauco. ''Il Pellegrinaggio in Oriente di Henry Corbin. Con una scelta di testi''. Lavis (Trento-Italia), La Finestra editrice, 2003.
* Giuliano, Glauco. ''Nîtârtha. Saggi per un pensiero eurasiatico''. Lavis (Trento-Italia), La Finestra editrice, 2004.
* Giuliano, Glauco. ''L'Immagine del Tempo in Henry Corbin. Verso un'idiochronia angelomorfica''. Milano-Udine, Mimesis, 2009.
* Landolt, Hermann. "Henry Corbin, 1903-1978: Between Philosophy and Orientalism," ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'', 119(3): 484-490, 1999.
* Morris, James. ''The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn 'Arabi's Meccan Illuminations''. Fons Vitae, 2005.
*
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. “Henry Corbin: The Life and Works of the Occidental Exile in Quest of the Orient of Light,” ch. 17, in S.H. Nasr, ''Traditional Islam in the Modern World''. KPI, 1987.
* Shayegan, Daryush. ''Henry Corbin penseur de l'Islam spirituel'', Paris, Albin Michel, 2010, 428 p.
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Suhrawardi, Yahyá ibn Habash. ''The philosophy of illumination: A new critical edition of the text of Hikmat al-Ishraq'', with English translation, notes, commentary, and introduction by John Walbridge and Hossein Ziai.
Brigham Young University Press, 1999.
* Varzi, Roxanne. "Iran's French Revolution: Religion, Philosophy, and Crowds", ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'', vol. 637, issue 1, pp. 53 – 63, July 25, 2011
External links
;Official website
Association des Amis de Henry et Stella Corbin (French/English)
;Tom Cheetham's Corbin blog
The Legacy of Henry Corbin
;Articles
Corbin, Henry (1903–1978) Encyclopedia of philosophy
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