Éric Geoffroy

Éric Geoffroy
Born 1956
Belfort, France
Era 20th-century philosophy
Region Perennial Philosophy
School Sufism
Main interests
Sufism, Poetry, Philosophy, Sociology, Modernity in Islam
Notable ideas
L'Islam sera spirituel ou ne sera plus (Islam shall be spiritual or shall be no more)[1] Contemplative Jihad (an expression of the Greater Jihad i.e. the Jihad against one's own ego)[2] Islam in Post-modernity;[3] Universal dimension of Islam[4]

Éric Geoffroy (Belfort, 1956) is a French philosopher, islamologist, writer and scholar in the Sufi studies teaching at the University of Strasbourg a long time alma mater to European orientalism.[8] He is an affiliate of the Alawiya Sufi Brotherhood.[9]

Thought

A staunch critic of the notion of a Clash of Civilizations, which he transcends into a Dialogue of Traditions[10][11] Eric Geoffroy argues that Islam's main dimension is pacific and spiritual. In the tradition of the Early French Sufi Studies and notably in the 19th and 20th century with Ivan Aguéli and René Guénon two French initiates to Sufism with a typically French cultural identity, Geoffroy notably studies the many influences of Sufism in the Western culture and the European Identity.

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References

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  1. Geoffroy, e. L'iSlam sera spirituel ou ne sera plus Paris: Seuil 2009
  2. Geoffroy, E. Jihad et Contemplation Paris: Albouraq 2002
  3. Geoffroy, E. Abd-el Kader, un spirituel dans la modernité Paris: Albouraq 2010
  4. Laude, P. Universal Dimension of Islam with Eric Geoffroy World Wisdom 2011
  5. Geoffroy, E. (directed by) Une voie soufie dans le monde: la Shâdhiliyya Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose 2005
  6. Bouyerdene, A. Abd El Kader : L'Harmonie des Contraires Paris: Seuil 2008
  7. Aberkane, I. Etude des liens entre le soufisme européen et les modernes de la littérature occidentale, autour du rapprochement des Kasidah de Richard Burton et du Waste Land de T.S. Eliot Thesis subject on the French central thesis database
  8. Mention in Geothe's entry at the Marousse encyclopedia
  9. http://www.eric-geoffroy.net/ "Le nouveau numéro d'Horizons Maghrébins sur le thème Soufisme et spiritualité en contexte de postmodernité est coordonné par Éric Geoffroy... Lire la suite ..."
  10. Geoffroy E. Lecture at Columbia University, April 15th 2005
  11. alternative reference and full transcript
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