{"product_id":"censure-of-this-world","title":"Censure Of This World","description":"Being the twenty-sixth book of \u003ci\u003eThe Revival of the Religious Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e (Ihya'' ''ulum al-din), \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Censure of This World\u003c\/i\u003e (Kitab Dhamm al-dunya) seeks to persuade its reader of the folly of worldly pleasures and possessions. To do so, al-Ghazali begins with a collection of Islamic primary-source texts that speak to the dangers of this world from a variety of angles. He then adds to this collection fourteen metaphors for this world that illustrate its perfidious nature. In a third subsection, al-Ghazali provides an original rationale for renouncing worldly enjoyments, and he furnishes his reader with a blueprint for determining what constitutes “this world” in its most dangerous sense. In a fourth and final subsection, al-Ghazali applies a sociological theory to enumerate the essential human vocations and identify the mechanisms through which these lead people away from God.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57196431835518,"sku":"NW9781941610640","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781941610640.jpg?v=1778539932","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/censure-of-this-world","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}