The “Philosophical thought of Islamic world” series launched by the Islamic Culture Research Foundation and the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2009 is expanding!

There is a novelty in its “Research” section: the book by F.O. Nofal, which for the first time in the history of Arab studies in Russia (and currently in the entire world) offers a reconstruction of the philosophical and religious system of the last prominent figure of the Bagdad school of Mut’azilism, Abu al-Qasim al-Balhi al-Kabi.

Apart from a comparative analysis of the views of al-Balhi and his predecessors, the book attempts to present, wherever possible, an aggregate picture of discussions of Basra and Bagdad mutakallims on the pivotal questions of ethics, politics, ontology and epistemology.

The edition will be useful for experts in Arab studies, philosophers and religious scholars, as well as for all interested in the history of Middle East and world thought.