Cover Image

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmad, Baharudin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
B Philosophy (General)
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/1/Perennial_philosophy_in_re-understanding_malay_mythology_and_science_of_symbol.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/
http://www.irip.ir/userfiles/Archive/BarnameyeHamayeshhHa/2010/FinalEnglishAbstracts.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.iium.irep.23678
record_format dspace
spelling my.iium.irep.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 REM 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
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
content_source IIUM Repository (IREP)
url_provider http://irep.iium.edu.my/
language English
topic B Philosophy (General)
spellingShingle B Philosophy (General)
Ahmad, Baharudin
Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
description 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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ahmad, Baharudin
author_facet Ahmad, Baharudin
author_sort Ahmad, Baharudin
title Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
title_short Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
title_full Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
title_fullStr Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
title_full_unstemmed Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
title_sort perennial philosophy in re-understanding malay mythology and science of symbol
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/1/Perennial_philosophy_in_re-understanding_malay_mythology_and_science_of_symbol.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/
http://www.irip.ir/userfiles/Archive/BarnameyeHamayeshhHa/2010/FinalEnglishAbstracts.pdf
_version_ 1643608628998963200
score 13.211869

Similar Items