Kakhani, Ehsan

[ 1 ] - Edifice in order for Desolation: Two different Narratives about the Status of Architect and Architecture in Iḥyaʾ ʿūlm al-dīn Ghazali Book

Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī was a mystic, jurist and a theologian, lived in the fifth century AH, who had significantly influenced Iranian culture. His greatest work is Iḥyaʾ ʿūlm al-dīnʾ, which he wrote to revive the religious knowledge, in his seclusion period and with the subject of “transaction knowledge”, therefore there could be found architectural information in it. This research is dedicated t...