Christian Jambet (; born 23 April 1949,

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, Colonial Algeria) is a French philosopher and

Islamologist Islamic studies is the academic study of Islam, which is analogous to related fields such as Jewish studies and Quranic studies. Islamic studies seeks to understand the past and the potential future of the Islamic world. In this multidiscipli ...

. He was a student of

Henry Corbin Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 – 7 October 1978) was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist, professor of Islamic studies at the École pratique des hautes études. He was influential in extending the modern study of traditional Islami ...

. His work has engaged with

Nizari Isma'ilism Nizari Isma'ilism () are the largest segment of the Ismailis, who are the second-largest branch of Shia Islam after the Twelvers. Nizari teachings emphasise independent reasoning or '' ijtihad''; pluralism—the acceptance of racial, ethnic, ...

and has explored the thought of

Avicenna Ibn Sina ( – 22 June 1037), commonly known in the West as Avicenna ( ), was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian peoples, Iranian ...

Mulla Sadra Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, more commonly known as Mullā Ṣadrā (; ; c. 1571/2 – c. 1635/40 CE / 980 – 1050 AH), was a Persians, Persian Twelver Shi'a, Shi'i Islamic philosophy, Islamic mystic, philosopher, Kalam, theologian, a ...

, and

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī (1201 – 1274), also known as Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (; ) or simply as (al-)Tusi, was a Persians, Persian polymath, architect, Early Islamic philosophy, philosopher, Islamic medicine, phy ...

among others. In his treatment of these thinkers, he notes the lasting influence of figures associated with

Neoplatonism Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of ideas as much as a series of thinkers. Among the common id ...

such as

Plotinus Plotinus (; , ''Plōtînos''; – 270 CE) was a Greek Platonist philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism. His teacher was the self-taught philosopher Ammonius ...

and

Proclus Proclus Lycius (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (, ''Próklos ho Diádokhos''), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of th ...

(cf. Theology of Aristotle). He was inducted as a member of L'academie Francaise in 2024.

Publications

Essais

*1976: ''Apologie de Platon, Essais de métaphysique'', coll. « Théoriciens », Éditions Grasset, 249 p. *: With Guy Lardreau, ''Ontologie de la révolution'' : **1976: ''I. L'ange. Pour une cynégétique du semblant'', coll. « Figures », Éditions Grasset. **1978: ''II. Le Monde. Réponse à la question « Qu'est-ce que les droits de l'homme ? »'', coll. « Figures », Éditions Grasset, 281 p. *1983: ''La Logique des Orientaux. Henry Corbin et la science des formes'', coll. « L'Ordre philosophique », Éditions du Seuil, 315 p. *1990: ''La Grande résurrection d'Alamût. Les formes de la liberté dans le shî'isme ismaélien'', Verdier, Lagrasse, 418 p. *2002: ''L'Acte d'être. La philosophie de la révélation chez

'', coll. « L'espace intérieur », Fayard, 447 p. *2003: ''Le Caché et l'apparent'', coll. « Mythes et religions »,

L'Herne L'Herne is a French independent publishing house, known worldwide for its collection ''Cahiers de L'Herne''. History The adventure of L'Herne, this independent publishing house located in the immediate vicinity of the Institut de France and dir ...

, 206 p. *2004: with

Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi is an Islamic studies, Islamologist at the École pratique des Hautes Études. He is one of the leading academics within the study of early Twelver, Twelver Shiʿism. Views on Early Shi'ism Early Shi'is held supra-natu ...

: ''Qu'est-ce que le shî'isme ?'', Fayard, 386 p. *2007: with Jean Bollack and Abdelwahab Meddeb : ''La Conférence de Ratisbonne, enjeux et controverses'', Bayard, 115 p. *2008: ''Mort et résurrection en islam, L'au-delà selon Molla Sadra'', coll. « Spiritualités », Albin Michel. *2011: ''Qu'est-ce que la philosophie islamique'', folio essais. *2016: ''Le gouvernement divin. Islam et conception politique du monde'', CNRS éditions,

Commented translations

*1994: ''Oscar Wilde : Ballade de la geôle de Reading'', trad. et postface de CJ, Verdier, 104 p. *1996: ''Nazîroddîn Tûsî : La Convocation d'Alamût, Somme de philosophie ismaélienne'', Verdier, 375 p. *1998: ''Jalâloddîn Rûmî : Soleil du réel, Poèmes d'amour mystique'', Imprimerie nationale, 227 p. *2000: ''Se rendre immortel'', suivi de la traduction de ''Mollâ Sadrâ Shîrâzî : Traité de la résurrection'', Fata Morgana, 186 p.

Editions and important prefaces

*1975: Gilles Susong : ''La Politique d'Orphée, Essai sur la tradition despotique en Grèce ancienne'', Grasset. *1987: Victor Farias, "Heidegger et le Nazisme", Verdier. *1991: ''Les homélies clémentines'', Verdier. *1992: Leili Echghi : ''Un temps entre les temps, L'imam, le chi'isme, l'Iran'', Le Cerf. *

: **1993: ''Itinéraire d'un enseignement'', Institut français de recherche en Iran. **1994: ''Trilogie ismaelienne'', Verdier. **2001: ''Suhrawardi d'Alep'', Fata Morgana. **2003: ''Sohrawardi : Le livre de la sagesse orientale'', Gallimard **1999: ''Correspondance Corbin-Ivanow'', Peeters. *2000: Isabelle de Gastine, translation of ''Nezâmi : Les sept portraits'', Fayard. *2001: Michel Cazenave : ''La chute vertigineuse'', Arma Artis. *2005: S.J. Badakhchani, edition and translation of ''Rawda-yi taslim: Paradise of submission, A medieval treatise on Ismaili thought'', Tauris. *2005:

Forough Farrokhzad Forugh Farrokhzad (; 28 December 1934 – 14 February 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclastic,* feminist author. Farrokhzad died in a car accident at the age of 32. Ear ...

: ''La conquête du jardin, Poèmes, 1951–1965'', Lettres persanes. *2007:

Farhad Daftary Farhad Daftary (; born 1938) is a Belgian-born Iranian-British Islamic scholar who is co-director and head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. He was born in Brussels. Daftary rec ...

: ''Légendes des Assassins, Mythes sur les Ismaéliens'', Vrin. *2009:

Louis Massignon Louis Massignon (25 July 1883 – 31 October 1962) was a French Catholic scholar of Islam and a pioneer of Catholic-Muslim mutual understanding. He was an influential figure in the twentieth century with regard to the Catholic Church's relatio ...

, ''Écrits mémorables'', 178 texts (some unpublished) edited, presented and annotated under the direction of Christian Jambet, by François Angelier, François L'Yvonnet and Souâd Ayada, Robert-Laffont, coll. « Bouquins », 2 volumes.

Participation to collective works

*2009: ''Philosophies d'ailleurs. Les pensées indiennes, chinoises et tibétaines'', under the direction of Roger-Pol Droit,

Éditions Hermann Éditions Hermann () is a French publishing house founded in 1876, by the French professor of mathematics Arthur Hermann. It publishes books on science and the arts. ''Éléments de mathématique'' Hermann is noted for publishing several vol ...

References

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