Journals / İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi / 2026 / Sayı: 56

Asad Q. Ahmed, Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia

Yusuf Daşdemir(University of Jyväskylä)0000-0003-3223-5800
Pages
399–403
Publication Date
2026-07-31
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The work also proposes a theoretical framework derived from the internal dynamics of Islamic scholarly traditions rather than imposing Eurocentric models of textual interpretation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The text reviews Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia and its challenge to the long-standing narrative that post-classical Islamic thought represented an era of intellectual decline.
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Key Findings & Data:In this framework, commentary is understood not as passive explanation but as an active intellectual performance in which scholars re-voice earlier authorities while producing new meanings.
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Conclusion & Impact:The work also proposes a theoretical framework derived from the internal dynamics of Islamic scholarly traditions rather than imposing Eurocentric models of textual interpretation.
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⚙️Variables:şerh geleneği · Hint alt-kıtası · İslam mantık geleneği

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The text reviews Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia and its challenge to the long-standing narrative that post-classical Islamic thought represented an era of intellectual decline. Asad Q. Ahmed examines the logical tradition of South Asia through Muhibbullâh b. Abdişşekûr Bihârî’s Sullam al-ʿUlūm and the extensive commentary tradition surrounding it. He argues that the post-classical period was not characterized by stagnation but by a creative process of rewriting and reinterpretation through commentaries and glosses. In this framework, commentary is understood not as passive explanation but as an active intellectual performance in which scholars re-voice earlier authorities while producing new meanings. The concept of “palimpsest” captures this layered textual process, where new interpretations are written over earlier texts without erasing them. The work also proposes a theoretical framework derived from the internal dynamics of Islamic scholarly traditions rather than imposing Eurocentric models of textual interpretation.

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Metin, Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia adlı eserin klasik-sonrası İslam düşüncesine dair yaygın “entelektüel durgunluk” tezini nasıl sorguladığını incelemektedir. Asad Q. Ahmed, Güney Asya’daki İslam mantık geleneğini, özellikle Muhibbullâh b. Abdişşekûr Bihârî’nin Süllemü’l-ulûm adlı mantık eseri ve onun etrafında oluşan şerh ve hâşiye literatürü üzerinden analiz eder. Ahmed’e göre klasik-sonrası dönem bir durgunluk değil, metinlerin şerh ve hâşiye yoluyla sürekli yeniden yazıldığı yaratıcı bir entelektüel üretim dönemidir. Kitap, şerh geleneğini pasif bir açıklama faaliyeti olarak değil, geçmiş otoriteleri yeniden canlandıran ve aynı zamanda yeni anlamlar üreten aktif bir entelektüel performans olarak yorumlar. “Palimpsest” kavramı, eski metinlerin tamamen silinmeden yeni yorumların onların üzerine inşa edilmesini ifade eder. Çalışma ayrıca Avrupa merkezli teorilerin İslam metin geleneklerini açıklamada yetersiz kalabileceğini vurgulayarak, şerh pratiğinin kendi iç dinamiklerinden hareketle bir kuramsal çerçeve geliştirmeye çalışır.

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Daşdemir, Y. (2026). Asad Q. Ahmed, Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, Sayı: 56, 399–403. https://doi.org/10.26570/isad.1904410

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