Éric Geoffroy | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Perennial philosophy |
| Sufism | |
Main interests | Sufism, poetry, philosophy, sociology, modernity in Islam |
Notable ideas | L'Islam sera spirituel ou ne sera plus (Islam shall be spiritual or shall be no more) Contemplative Jihad (an expression of the Greater Jihad i.e. the Jihad against one's own ego) Islam in Post-modernity; Universal dimension of Islam |
Éric Geoffroy (born 1956) is a French philosopher, islamologist, writer and scholar in the Sufi studies teaching at the University of Strasbourg.
He is a critic of the notion of a Clash of Civilizations, which he transcends into a Dialogue of Traditions He is an affiliate of the Alawiya Sufi Brotherhood.