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Hasan Spiker | |
|---|---|
| Title | Shaykh |
| Personal | |
| Born | Hasan Spiker |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Movement | Akbarism |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | |
Hasan Spiker is a philosopher, Islamic scholar, and comparative scholar of Islamic, Greek, and modern thought, known for advocating a revival of Akbarism in Muslim philosophical discourse.
Education[edit]
Spiker dedicated twelve years to the Islamic sciences in the Middle East under al-Sayyid Quṣayy Abū al-Siʿd. He then moved to the UK, earned his MPhil at the University of Cambridge and initiated his doctoral research on "Immanentism and Exemplarism: Plotinus's critique of Aristotle and his 'so-called substance' in VI. 1-3" under Douglas Hedley[2].
Academic career[edit]
Spiker joined Tabah Foundation’s ‘Classification of the Sciences’ project (2014-2022). In 2022, he lectured at Zaytuna College, and by 2023, he became a faculty member at Usul Academy[3].
Philosophical thought[edit]
His inquiries span Islamic, Greek, and modern philosophy, exploring intersections within Muslim theology, Avicennan philosophy, and experiential metaphysics among other themes.
Conferences and presentations[edit]
Spiker represented Tabah Foundation at the Ottoman Kalam Conference in Istanbul, presenting on Ottoman theologian Ibn Bahāʾuddīn, merging mystical elements from the school of Ibn Arabi with developed Kalam[4]. On 9th March 2022, he delivered a talk on Islam and Modernity at Keynes Hall, King’s College, University of Cambridge[5].
Leadership in philosophical theology[edit]
He, along with Ramon Ibrahim Harvey and Rebecca Masterton, is recognized for contributing to the development of a new philosophical theology in the UK[6]. In 2024, he published Hierarchy and Freedom which caused a rally in metaphysical interest amongst Muslim scholars.
Published works[edit]
- Things As They Are: Nafs al-Amr and the Metaphysical Foundations of Objective Truth (Abu Dhabi: Tabah Foundation, 2021).
- The Metacritique of Kant and the Possibility of Metaphysics (Abu Dhabi: Tabah Foundation, 2022).
- Hierarchy and Freedom: An examination of some classical metaphysical and post-Enlightenment accounts of human autonomy (Cambridge: New Andalus, 2023)[7].
References[edit]
- ^ "Directory: Hasan Spiker". 9 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Directory: Hasan Spiker". 9 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Faculty: Usul Academy". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Hasan Spiker Presents Original Research in Ottoman Kalam Conference: Tabah Foundation". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Tabah Foundation Delivered a Talk on Islam and Modernity". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Learning from Britain's Three Waves of Conversion to Islam". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Hasan Spiker: Renovatio". Retrieved 12 October 2023.