The Legacy of Henry Corbin: CONVOCATION A L’ASSEMBLEE GENERALE

"...the Imagination (or love, or sympathy, or any other sentiment) induces knowledge, and knowledge of an 'object' which is proper to it..."

Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was a scholar, philosopher and theologian. He was a champion of the transformative power of the Imagination and of the transcendent reality of the individual in a world threatened by totalitarianisms of all kinds. One of the 20th century’s most prolific scholars of Islamic mysticism, Corbin was Professor of Islam & Islamic Philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of Teheran. He was a major figure at the Eranos Conferences in Switzerland. He introduced the concept of the mundus imaginalis into contemporary thought. His work has provided a foundation for archetypal psychology as developed by James Hillman and influenced countless poets and artists worldwide. But Corbin’s central project was to provide a framework for understanding the unity of the religions of the Book: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. His great work Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn ‘Arabi is a classic initiatory text of visionary spirituality that transcends the tragic divisions among the three great monotheisms. Corbin’s life was devoted to the struggle to free the religious imagination from fundamentalisms of every kind. His work marks a watershed in our understanding of the religions of the West and makes a profound contribution to the study of the place of the imagination in human life.

Monday, May 2, 2011

CONVOCATION A L’ASSEMBLEE GENERALE

ASSOCIATION DES AMIS DE HENRY ET STELLA CORBIN

www.amiscorbin.com

AAHSC, 7 Rue Nicolas Houel,

76005 Paris, danielgastambide@free.fr

CONVOCATION A L’ASSEMBLEE GENERALE

DES AMIS DE HENRY ET STELLA CORBIN

le mardi 14 juin 2011

à 18 heures

à l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Bât. « Le France », 190 rue de France 75013

Salle 121 (1e étage)

1. Rapport moral

2. Rapport financier

3. Exposé des activités de l’année, principalement de la 5ème Journée d’étude consacrée à Henry Corbin, le samedi 17 décembre 2011, à l’ENS, rue d’Ulm, dont le thème portera sur « Henry Corbin et le débat contemporain en sciences humaines ».

4. Questions diverses : autres projets, suggestions, informations.

Cordialement à vous,

Daniel Gastambide, président

Pierre Lory, secrétaire

Marc Gastambide, trésorier