Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas: His Philosophical System and Conceptions of Humanities, History and Civilization

This latest work by Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud, the founder-first Director of Raja Zarith Sofiah Centre for Advanced Studied on Islam, Science, and Civilization (RZS-CASIS), and the Holder of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Chair of Islamic Thought contains several important comparative and analytical studies by prominent scholars such as Prof. Dr. Hans Daiber, Prof. Dr. Alparslan Açıkgenç, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zainiy Uthman, and Prof. Dr. Tatiana Denisova on al-Attas' thought such as his philosophical system, his conceptions of the Islamic civilization, of human psychology and humanity, knowledge, education and history. These papers were first submitted to and most were presented at Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Symposium held in University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur on 15 February 2020. This work is highly useful for scholars, leaders, administrators, researchers, community leaders and students interested in the most fundamentally crucial issues in contemporary Islamic thought.