Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an Islamic Studies professor at George Washington University. He remains one of the most influential Muslim scholars in the world for his work on Islamic tradition and philosophy. He is the only Muslim to be included in the Library of Living Philosophers. He has written over 50 books and over 500 articles.
Nasr’s work has covered the most important areas of contemporary Muslim thought from classical Islamic philosophy, Islamic science, Sufism, and critique of modernity to interfaith relations, Islam-West relations, and the environmental crisis. Nasr is the first Muslim scholar ever to be invited to give the prestigious Gifford Lectures, which were later published as Knowledge and the Sacred.
Nasr’s work has been ahead of its time in predicting the disastrous consequences of the environmental crisis. Books such as The Encounter of Man and Nature: the Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man (1968), and Religion and the Order of Nature (1996), narrate the rise of a secular, modern conception of nature as inert matter to be conquered by modern technology, and attempt to revive a sacred notion of nature.
The Arab Spring events have not significantly affected the influence of Dr Nasr.
Citizen of: United States of America
Birth: 7 April 1933 (Age: 80)
Source of Influence: Scholarly
Influence:Written major books and given countless lectures internationally
School of Thought: Traditional Shi‘a
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