DEPARTMENT.FACULTY

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Prof. Roshan Ara
  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.QUALIFICATION

    Ph.D

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.DESIGNATION

    Professor

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.THRUST_AREA

    Contemporary Western Philosophy

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.ADDRESS

    Gufishan Allah Wali Kothi, Dodhpur,Civil Lines, Aligarh

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.MOBILE

    9837023680

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.EMAIL

    anamfaruqi@outlook.com

Broad areas of interest: 1. Analytical Philosophy 2. Muslim Philosophy 3. Ethics 4. Aesthetics Special field: Existentialism Research Experience: Completed Ph.D in the year 2000 from Aligarh Muslim University. Title of Ph.D Thesis: An Elucidation of Jaspers' Concept of Existenz in the Boundary Situations Research Guidance: 1. Indo Muslim religious thought in 19thC.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and his critics 2. Wittgenstein's Theory of Language and its impact on Epistemology 3. Concept of Inter-subjectivity in Jaspers and Marcel: A comparative study 4. Concept of happiness in Aristotle and Ghazali: A comparative study 5. Mysticism in Seyyed Hossein Nasr in the modern perspective 6. History and the sense of tradition in Karl Jaspers' thought 7. Notion of evil and Eschatology in Christianity and Islam: A comparative study 8. Concept of Justice in modern Islamic Political thought Research Project: Title: Role of Aesthetics in Sufi Persian tradition with special reference to Seyyed Hossein Nasr Funding Agency: Indian Council of Philosophical Research Period: 2 years Grant: Rs. 1,00,000 Project Guidance: At Post-graduate level- 1. Kierkegaard's perspective on truth 2. Existential critique of Essentialism 3. Problem of Evil:An Existential Approach 4. Free will and determinism 5. Wittgenstein's critique of logical Atomism 6. Plato's concept of justice 7. Stevenson on Emotivism Undergraduate level- Teaching Courses- 1. Ethics 2. Muslim Ethics 3. Contemporary Western Philosophy Postgraduate level- Teaching Courses- 1. Greek Philosophy 2. Existentialism 3. Modern Western Philosophy 4. Philosophy of Religion 5. Aesthetics Books published: 1. Existenz and boundary situations- A guide to the thought of Karl Jaspers Published by Publications Division, A.M.U Aligarh, 2002 2. Early Wittgenstein and existential religiosity Published by Vishva Vidhyalaya Prakashan Kendra, G.T.Road, Aligarh, 2010 3. The sensory and the sublime in Aesthetics Published by Muslim Educational Press, Bani Israilan, Aligarh, 2016 Research papers published: 1. The Nexus of Language and Ontology in Wittgenstein and Heidegger The Aligarh Critical Miscellany, Vol. xiii No.2, 2000 2. Solipsism: A Reassessment The Aligarh Critical Miscellany, Vol. xiv No.1, 2001 3. Wittgenstein's intuitionism in Islamic perspective The Aligarh Critical Miscellany, Vol. xiv No.2, 2001 4. Authentic Existence in Karl Jaspers and Sufism Aligarh Journal of Islamic Philosophy, No.9, July 2003 5. Jaspers' Cipherology and the Koranic parallelism Islam and the modern Age, Vol. xxxv No.1, Feb 2004 6. Cloning:Its social implications Journal of Objective Studies, Vol.16, Nos.1 & 2, January & July 2004/ 1424-25 H 7. Wittgenstein's Concept of Language Games Al Hikmat, Lahore, Pakistan, 2007 8. Prophet Mohammad: A Paradigmatic Individual Aligarh Journal of Islamic Philosophy, No.13, Oct 2007 9. Metaphysical Dimensions of the Quran Aligarh Journal of Islamic Philosophy, No.18-19, 2012-13 10. The notion of inter-subjectivity in Marcel's thought The Indian Journal of Research Anvikshiki, Vol., X, Dec 2014 11. A note on Existential Ethics Remarking, Vol-II, Issue-VI, November-2015 12. Rise of Technology and diminution of man Paripreksya, A Refereed Research Journal of New Thoughts, Vol-XV, 2015 13. History and historical consciousness-The Jasperian interpretation Indian Journal of Politics, Vol.50, Nos.1-2,Jan-June, 2016 14. Concept of Mystery in Gabriel Marcel's Philosophy Islam and the Modern Age, Vol.NoXLIII, Isuue No.4, Nov, 2016 Articles published: 1. A note on Jane Austen's Irony The Aligarh Magazine, 1969-70 2. Influences of Western thought on Sir Syed Women's College Magazine, 1970-71&1971-72 3. Jaspers' Concept of Freedom The Aligarh Magazine, 1979-80 4. Relevance of Ethics to Jaspers' Political Thought The Aligarh Magazine, 1983 5. Status of women- A Misnomer Women's College Magazine, 1986-87 6. Existentialism Versus Essentialism Women's College Magazine, 2012-2013 7. Asloob Ahmad Ansari: A memoir The New York Alig Magazine, 2016 Academic work: 1. Former editor of Aligarh Journal of Islamic Philosophy, 2004-2007 and 2013-2015 2. Acted as resource person for the teachers of philosophy teaching in colleges. 3. Member of moderation committee of undergraduate and post-graduate courses. 4. Examiner of undergraduate and post-graduate courses. Administrative posts held: 1. Member of A.M.U court from 20.1.2004 to 11.11.2007. 2. Chairperson Dept. of Philosophy from 2004 to 2007 and 2013 to 2015 3. Members of following committees of Philosophy Dept. A.M.U Departmental Research committee Purchase committee Sexual harassment committee