Psychology of Personality: Islamic Perspectives is the first edited volume of selected papers on human nature and personality from an Islamic perspective. It is a modest attempt at clarifying the conceptual confusion that resulted in keeping psychology separate from religion, separate from a soul. The authors have incorporated religious and transcendental concepts that shape human personality, which are based on the Qur’ān and the works of early Muslim scholars. It is not a book on psychotherapy, however, the views on human nature are important for the development of an Islamic approach to therapy. The text is timely due to the increased attention to Islam and its significance in the lives of more than one billion adherents, and also because modern psychology is demonstrating a new interest in indigenous and alternative perspectives of psychology. It is hoped that this work will stimulate further research on the psychology of personality based on the Islamic assumptions of human nature. This book is targeted for students undertaking psychology course with emphasis on Islamic perspective. It is also suitable for researchers and scholars whose works are related to the Islamic psychology of personality.
1. Human Natural Disposition (Fitrah).
2. The Concept of Man as a “Small World”.
3. Human Nature in Secular Psychology: An Islamic Critique.
4. Human Nature from a Comparative Psychological Perspective.
5. The Place of Human Nature in Ibn Khalduns Thinking.
6. Nature of Soul: The Philosophy of Mulla Sadrā.
7. The Nature of Man and the Psychology of the Human Soul.
8. The Heart and Personality Development.
9. Pathology of the Heart in the Qurān: A Metaphysico-psychological Explanation.
10. Traditional Islamic Psychology.
11. Human Motivation: An Islamic Perspective.
12. The Drives of Human Behavior in Qurān.
13. The Concept of Personality in Islam
14. The Islamic Personality: A Sequential Model.
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Amber Haque
Amber Haque earned his masters and doctorate degrees in psychology from Eastern and Western Michigan Universities. After working as a psychologist in Michigan from 1983 – 1996, he taught at the international Islamic University Malaysia until 2004. Dr. Haque has published extensively in the areas of mental health, psychology and religion, and identity issues. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at UAE University in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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Yasien Mohamed
Yasien Mohamed received his Masters in Islamic Psychology from the University of Cape Town and his doctorate in Islamic Ethics from Johann-Wolfang Goethe University, Frankfurt. He has authored the well-known book, Fitrah: The Islamic Concept of Human Nature (London, 1996) and the pioneering work, The Path to Virtue: The Ethical Philosophy of al-Raghib al-Isfahani (Kuala Lumpur, 2006). He is currently Professor of Arabic Language and Islamic Philosophy at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
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The first edited collection to address perspectives on the Islamic theory of personality and encourages recalling man’s nature from the Islamic paradigm.
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The articles are written by Muslim scholars from around the world who have derived their ideas primarily from the Qur’ān, hadith and the works of early Muslim scholars.
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The book is divided into three parts, moving from a discussion of cosmic anthropology and the innate disposition of humans in Part I, to an examination of key concepts of the soul, spirit, heart and aql in Part II. Part III is concerned with motivation and personality types.
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The first edited collection to address perspectives on the Islamic theory of personality and encourages recalling man’s nature from the Islamic paradigm.
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The articles are written by Muslim scholars from around the world who have derived their ideas primarily from the Qur’ān, hadith and the works of early Muslim scholars.
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The book is divided into three parts, moving from a discussion of cosmic anthropology and the innate disposition of humans in Part I, to an examination of key concepts of the soul, spirit, heart and aql in Part II. Part III is concerned with motivation and personality types.