Thomas Philipp (1941–2015)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8967911 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jens Hanssen (0000-0001-8615-370X, Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 209-212 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743815001816 |
| OpenAlex | W2351957724 |
| Language | EN |
Since Thursday, 11 June 2015, the pen of Germany's most prolific modern Middle East historian rests. Thomas Philipp's scholarly work will live on and inspire new generations of historians of Syria and Arab intellectual history. Although we will miss his humanity and personality, we will carry both within us. We have known for years that Thomas was battling cancer. And yet, when the tragic news of his passing emerged out of Erlangen that Friday, it hit me like a lightening bolt: it could not be; thoughts of denial rushed through my head. Had I not spoken to him just the other day? It felt like it. I checked my inbox: our last correspondence—March . . . three months had passed! And no mention of health concerns. We must have been too busy whipping into shape his two chapters for an edited volume on Albert Hourani's Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983)
Art history · Denial · Humanity · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Thursday · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |