Philosophy between the Islamicate and Latin American Traditions: Civilizational Perspectives on Alienation/Ghayriyya (Otherness) in the Knowing/Existing

Anthony F. Shaker, a philosopher and a scholar of Islamicate and German philosophy, has written extensively in both fields, most recently 'Reintroducing Philosophy: Thinking as the Gathering of Civilization' (2021) and 'Modernity, Civilization and the Return to History' (2017). His two-volume English translation and critical Arabic edition of Ṣadr al-Dīn Qūnawī's 'Iʿjāz al-bayān' (2025) were published in 2025, as were his translations of four books from Ghazālī's 'Iḥyāʾ al-ʿulūm' over the years. In the late 1990s, he was elected to the Executive Council of the Canadian Parliament's official opposition party, where he chaired two committees. He obtained his doctorate and master's degrees from the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Amilcar Aldama Cruz, a scholar of Islamic philosophy, is a faculty member at Al-Mustafa International University, Iran, where he has taught logic and Islamic philosophy since 2017. He has published several papers and books, including 'The Transcendental Philosophy of Mullā Sadrā and Lexicon of Islamic Philosophy' (forthcoming), and serves as Editor-in-Chief of 'Sadra: Journal of Islamic Philosophy' (Spanish). A doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of Havana, he also holds a master's degree in Islamic Studies at Al-Mustafa International University (2025).