Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
The intellectual discussion on Malay mythology, symbol and imagery have been almost completely forgotten by scholars and students of Malay studies presently and was very much misunderstood by scholars of Malay studies in the past. The modern Western approach which leaned toward the anthropologi...
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iium-236782012-04-25T03:00:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/ Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol Ahmad, Baharudin B Philosophy (General) The intellectual discussion on Malay mythology, symbol and imagery have been almost completely forgotten by scholars and students of Malay studies presently and was very much misunderstood by scholars of Malay studies in the past. The modern Western approach which leaned toward the anthropological and sociological understandings of those aspects of Malay literary formulations have caused many grave misunderstanding and have considered them the various formulations due to the ignorance of the primitives. This paper will evaluate Malay mythology and the science of symbols from the perennialists point of view by taking into of consideration the various explanations made by scholars like Rene Guenon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Frithjof Schuon, Martin Lings, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr regarding myths, symbols and imageries in traditional thought and literature. We believe those aspects of Malay literature require redefinitions and are in need of new light for a proper literary analysis. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/1/Perennial_philosophy_in_re-understanding_malay_mythology_and_science_of_symbol.pdf Ahmad, Baharudin (2010) Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol. In: World Philosophy Day Congress 2010, 21-23 November 2010, Tehran, Iran. http://www.irip.ir/userfiles/Archive/BarnameyeHamayeshhHa/2010/FinalEnglishAbstracts.pdf |
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The intellectual discussion on Malay mythology, symbol and
imagery have been almost completely forgotten by scholars and
students of Malay studies presently and was very much
misunderstood by scholars of Malay studies in the past. The
modern Western approach which leaned toward the
anthropological and sociological understandings of those aspects
of Malay literary formulations have caused many grave
misunderstanding and have considered them the various
formulations due to the ignorance of the primitives.
This paper will evaluate Malay mythology and the science of
symbols from the perennialists point of view by taking into of
consideration the various explanations made by scholars like
Rene Guenon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Frithjof Schuon, Martin
Lings, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr regarding myths, symbols and
imageries in traditional thought and literature. We believe those
aspects of Malay literature require redefinitions and are in need
of new light for a proper literary analysis. |
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Conference or Workshop Item |
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Ahmad, Baharudin |
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Ahmad, Baharudin |
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Ahmad, Baharudin |
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Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol |
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Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol |
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Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol |
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Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol |
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Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol |
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perennial philosophy in re-understanding malay mythology and science of symbol |
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2010 |
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/1/Perennial_philosophy_in_re-understanding_malay_mythology_and_science_of_symbol.pdf |
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