"Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)

"Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)

Although the philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal is highly original, it reflects a strong and pervading presence of Romanticism. Correspondingly, literary critics have drawn similarities between the English Romantics and Iqbal on a number of thematic concerns, in particular, their appreciation for nature....

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Main Author: Mohd Ramli, Aimillia
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
BH Aesthetics
BL Religion
BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
PQ Romance literatures
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/681/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/681/1/INCOH_2011_CONFERENCE.pdf
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spelling iium-6812011-07-25T08:22:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/681/ "Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938) Mohd Ramli, Aimillia BH Aesthetics BL Religion BP88 Individual authors, A-Z PQ Romance literatures Although the philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal is highly original, it reflects a strong and pervading presence of Romanticism. Correspondingly, literary critics have drawn similarities between the English Romantics and Iqbal on a number of thematic concerns, in particular, their appreciation for nature. There is, however, a notable absence of discussions on the role that imagination in the two philosophies. This paper aims to discuss the ways in which Iqbal extends the primary position given by the English Romantics to imagination in order to assert the importance of intuition. In doing so, the Romantic ideal of the heroic person as one who has unattainable wants brought about by his imagination, is transformed in Iqbal’s poetry into an individual’s struggle to fulfill his almost impossible desire to have an intuitive closeness to and knowledge of Allah (s.w.t) and the resulting intensity of love that the narrator has for his Creator. 2011-06-14 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/681/1/INCOH_2011_CONFERENCE.pdf Mohd Ramli, Aimillia (2011) "Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938). In: INCOH 2011 (International Conference on Humanities 2011), 13-16 June 2011, Penang. (Unpublished)
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BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
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Mohd Ramli, Aimillia
"Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)
description Although the philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal is highly original, it reflects a strong and pervading presence of Romanticism. Correspondingly, literary critics have drawn similarities between the English Romantics and Iqbal on a number of thematic concerns, in particular, their appreciation for nature. There is, however, a notable absence of discussions on the role that imagination in the two philosophies. This paper aims to discuss the ways in which Iqbal extends the primary position given by the English Romantics to imagination in order to assert the importance of intuition. In doing so, the Romantic ideal of the heroic person as one who has unattainable wants brought about by his imagination, is transformed in Iqbal’s poetry into an individual’s struggle to fulfill his almost impossible desire to have an intuitive closeness to and knowledge of Allah (s.w.t) and the resulting intensity of love that the narrator has for his Creator.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Ramli, Aimillia
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title "Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)
title_short "Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)
title_full "Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)
title_fullStr "Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)
title_full_unstemmed "Straying imagination, righteous intuition": the English romantic movement and philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938)
title_sort "straying imagination, righteous intuition": the english romantic movement and philosophy of muhammad iqbal (1873-1938)
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