Prof. Dr. Nevad KAHTERAN

A short biography

Nevad KAHTERAN is a full professor of Eastern and Comparative Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He published many works in the field of philosophy, Eastern and comparative philosophy, and was first elected as vice-president (with Bo Mo) and then briefly as president of the International Society for Comparative Philosophy Towards World Philosophy, USA (https://www.cpwponline.org/home) until October 15, 2024.

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https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2487-1337

Affiliation: University of Sarajevo-Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy

F. Rački 1, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosna and Herzegovina

Kratka biografija

Nevad KAHTERAN je redovni profesor istočne i komparativne filozofije na Filozofskom fakultetu Univerziteta u Sarajevu, Bosna i Hercegovina.

Autor je brojnih radova iz područja filozofije, istočne i komparativne filozofije, biran je za potpredsjednika (sa Bo Mou), a potom kratko i za predsjednika Međunarodnog društva za komparativnu filozofiju ka svjetskoj filozofiji, SAD (https://www.cpwponline.org/home) do 15. listopada 2024. godine.

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Afilijacija: Odsjek za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Sarajevu

F. Rački 1, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina

Books by Nevad Kahteran

1) KAHTERAN, Nevad. Perenijalna filozofija (Sophia Perennis) u mišljenju René Guénona, Frithjofa Schuona i Seyyeda Hosseina Nasra [Perennial Philosophy (Sophia Perennis) in the thinking of René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon and Seyyed Hossein Nasr] (El-Kalem: Sarajevo, 2002, pp. 319); ISBN-10:9958231107; ISBN-13:9789958231100;
https://elkalem.ba/proizvod/perenijalna-filozofija/;

2) KAHTERAN, Nevad. Rumijeva filozofija Ljubavi / Rumi's Philosophy of Love (bilingual edition, TKD Šahinpašić, Sarajevo, 2007, pp. 112+112); ISBN 109958412233; ISBN 139789958412233;
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18802101W/Rumijeva_filozofija_ljubavi;

3) KAHTERAN, Nevad. Situating the Bosnian Paradigm: The Bosnian Experience of Multicultral Relations (Global Scholarly Publications, New York, 2008, pp. 195); ISBN 1-59267-104-7, 978-1-59267-104-5; www.gsp-online.org; books@gsp-online.org;
https://newyork-company.com/co/global-scholarly-publications-llc;

Aslan, A. (2010). [Review of Situating the Bosnian Paradigm: The Bosnian Experience of Multicultural Relations, by N. Kahteran]. Philosophy East and West, 60(1), 125–128.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40469169, Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/pew.0.0091.

Pašalić-Kreso, A. (2009). “Sophia Perennis interkulturalnih susretanja: Povodom knjige Nevada Kahterana &quot“; Situating the Bosnian PARADIGM, the Bosnian experience of multicultural relation", NY, Global Scholarity Publication, 2008. In: Pregled: časopis Za društvena Pitanja / Periodical for Social Issues, 3(3), 259–264. Retrieved from
https://pregled.unsa.ba/index.php/pregled/article/view/546;

4) KAHTERAN, Nevad. Komparativna filozofija (Comparative Philosophy), Filozofski fakultet u Sarajevu, 2009, pp. 332; ISBN 978-9958-625-13-8;
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL30629413M/Komparativna_filozofija;

5) KAHTERAN, Nevad. The Role of Comparative Philosophy in Bosnia & Herzegovina: Philosophising at the Big Fault Line (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021, pp. 188);
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-5275-7450-2-sample.pdf;

6) a) KAHTERAN, Nevad. Nove granice japanske filozofije (New Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy), coeditorial with James W. Heisig, TKD Šahinpašić, Sarajevo-Nanzan, Nagoya, 2009. 240 pages, ISBN: 978-9958-41-347-6, https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/books/4; https://www.chisokudo.org/books/fjp5/; b) UNSA online edition: https://www.unsa.ba/novosti/online-izdanje-nove-granice-japanske-filozofije-vol-5-fjp; https://cepozir.ffrz.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03_Trece_tromjesecje.pdf;

7) KAHTERAN, Nevad. Platforma za islamsko-konfucijansko-daoistički dijalog na Balkanu
(“伊斯兰教-儒家-道家在巴尔干国家中的对话讲坛”A Platform for Islamic-Confucian-Daoist Dialogue in the Balkans (editorial, ITD Sedam, Sarajevo, 2010, pp. 155); ISBN 978-9958-776-19-9
; https://www.superknjizara.hr/hr/platforma-za-islamsko-konfucijansko-daoisticki-dijalog-na-balkanu-2010-nevad-kahteran;

8) KAHTERAN, Nevad. Nove granice kineske filozofije (中國哲學新探索 New Frontiers of Chinese Philosophy), coeditorial with Bo Mou (牟博), El-Kalem, Sarajevo, 2018., pp. 432; ISBN:978-9958-41-347-6;
https://www.knjiga.ba/publicistika/nove-granice-japanske-filozofije-5-n2282.html;

Book reviewed by Jana Rošker in: Comparative Philosophy Volume 9, No. 2 (2018): 105-108 Open Access / ISSN 2151-6014 / www.comparativephilosophy.org;
https://doi.org/10.31979/2151-6014(2018).090208.

9) The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia by Oliver Leaman (Editor) (N.K. as a member of Editorial Board & a contributor), 2008 by Routledge (first published November 24th 2005), Paperback, 772 pages; ISBN0415775299 (ISBN13: 9780415775298);
https://www.routledge.com/The-Quran-An-Encyclopedia/Leaman/p/book/9780415775298.

10) KAHTERAN, Nevad.  Amira, ona koje nema / Amira, the one that doesn't have (culture of rememberance), Kalem: Sanski Most, paperback and harcover, pp. 50; ISBN: 9789926415167; https://kalem.ba/proizvod/amira-ona-koje-nema-nevad-kahteran/; book reviewed by Mato Zovkić, in: Vrhbosnensia 24,2 (2020), pp. 472-474.

11) KAHTERAN, Nevad. The Role of Comparative Philosophy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Philosophising at the Big Fault Line, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2021), 195 pages; ISBN: 1-5275-7450-4; ISBN13: 978-1-5275-7450-2;
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-7450-2.

12) KAHTERAN, Nevad. The Bosninan and Herzegovinian Contribution to Transcultural Philosophy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2024), 209 pages; ISBN: 1-0364-0823-X; ISBN13: 978-1-0364-0823-7;
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-0364-0823-7.

Translated books by Nevad Kahteran

1) a) James Winston Morris, Orijentacije: islamska misao u svjetskoj civilizaciji / b) Id., Orientations: Islamic Thought in World Civilization (bilingual separate edition), in cooperation with Resid Hafizovic & Adnan Silajdzic; El-Kalem, Sarajevo, 2001; ISBN-10: 9958-23-089-5 / 9958230895; ISBN-13: 978-9958-23-089-9 / 9789958230899;
https://elkalem.ba/proizvod/orijentacije-islamska-misao-u-svjetskoj-civilizaciji/;

2) Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Srce islama: trajne vrijednosti za čovječanstvo (The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Huamnity), in cooperation with Enes Karic & Resid Hafizovic, El-Kalem: Sarajevo, pp. 429; ISBN 9958-23-125-5; https://elkalem.ba/proizvod/srce-islama/;

3) John L. Esposito, Što bi svatko trebao znati o islamu: (američki stručnjak odgovara na često postavljeno pitanje o islamu), in cooperation with Ivanom Koprekom, FFDI: Zagreb, 2001, pp. 219, ISBN-10: 953-231-004-5 / 9532310045; ISBN-13: 978-953-231-004-7 / 9789532310047;
https://www.scribd.com/document/13902047/%C5%A0to-bi-svatko-trebao-znati-o-islamu-John-L-Esposito;

4) Hans Daiber, Borba za znanje u islamu: neki historijski aspekti / The Struggle for Knowledge in Islam: some historical aspects (bilingual), Kult-B, Sarajevo, 2004; ISBN-10: 9958-9318-1-8 / 9958931818; ISBN-13: 978-9958-9318-1-9 / 9789958931819;
https://www.mojepoduzece.com/kultb-doo-sarajevo/;

5) Oliver Leaman, Izgubljeno u prijevodu: eseji iz islamske i jevrejske filozofije (Lost in Translation: Essays in Islamic and Jewish Philosophy), Buybook: Sarajevo, 2004, pp. 286; ISBN: 9789958630330;
https://www.superknjizara.hr/en/izgubljeno-u-prijevodu-eseji-iz-islamske-i-jevrejske-filozofije-2004-oliver-leaman;

6) a) Oliver, Leaman, Islamska estetika: uvod, Kult-B, Sarajevo, 2005, ISBN-10: 9958-9318-3-4 / 9958931834; ISBN-13: 978-9958-9318-3-3 / 9789958931833; https://www.mojepoduzece.com/kultb-doo-sarajevo/ (Review of Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction by Oliver Leaman by S. Bosto in: Philosophy East and West 56 (3):502-512 (2006), DOI: 10.1353/pew.2006.0029); b) UNSA online edition:
https://www.unsa.ba/sites/default/files/dodatak/2025-04/LEAMAN%201.pdf;

7) Muhammed Iqbal, Razvoj metafizike u Perziji: prilog historiji muslimanske filozofije / The Development of Metaphysics in Persia: A Contribution to the History of Philosophy (bilingual), pp. 148 + 134; ISBN: 9958-590-14-X;
https://www.knjiga.ba/razvoj-metafizike-u-persiji-k1374.html;

  1. 8) a) Valérie Gonzalez, Shvatanja islamske estetike, islamske kulture i historije / Insights on Islamic Aesthetics, visual culture and history, bilingual edition, Kult B, 2006., pp. 125; ISBN-10‏: ‎9958931850; ISBN-13:978-9958931857; b) https://www.unsa.ba/novosti/online-izdanje-valerie-gonzalez-2006-shvatanja-islamske-estetike-islamske-kulture-i; https://www.amazon.com/Insights-Aesthetics-Shvatanja-Islamske-Historije/dp/9958931850;

9) a) James W. Heisig, Filozofi ništavila: esej o Kyoto školi (Philosophers of Nothingness), Kult B, Sarajevo 2007., str. 428; ISBN-13: 978-9958-9155-4-3, ISBN: 9958-9155-4-5;
https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/publications/filozofi-nistavila/;

  1. b) https://www.unsa.ba/novosti/online-izdanje-james-w-heisig-filozofi-nistavila-esej-o-kyoto-skoli;
    https://www.unsa.ba/en/novosti/online-edition-james-w-heisig-filozofi-nistavila-esej-o-kyoto-skoli-philosophers;

10) a) Hans Daiber, Islamska misao u dijalogu kultura: inoviranje i posredovanje između antike i srednjeg vijeka (trilingual edition), KULT B, Sarajevo, 2008., pp. 275. (Bosnian); a1)
https://unsa.ba/sites/default/files/inline-files/bosanski%2C%2028.%203.%202025.pdf;

  1. b) Id., Islamic Thought in the Dialogue of Cultures: Innovation and Mediation Between Antiquity and Middle Ages, KULT B, Sarajevo, 2008., pp. 275 (English); ISBN: 9789958915598; b1) UNSA online edition:
    https://unsa.ba/sites/default/files/inline-files/engleski%2C%2028.%203.%202025.pdf;
  2. c) Id., Islamisches Denken im Dialog der Kulturen: Innovation und Vermittlung Zwischen Antike und Mittelalter, KULT B, Sarajevo, 2008., pp. 282 (German); ISBN: 9789958931871; https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000096-I008404034-00; c1) UNSA online edition: https://unsa.ba/sites/default/files/inline-files/njemacki%2C%2028.%203.%202025.pdf;

11) Khurram Ali Shafique (2012.), Iqbal: Ilustrirana Biografija / Iqbal: An Illustrated Biography, Iqbal Academy Pakistan, str. 2012, dostupna online:
https://iqbalcyberlibrary.net/en/100005.html;

12) Osman Bakar & Cheng Gek Nai (eds), Islam i konfucijanstvo: civiluzacijski dijalog (伊斯兰教与儒家:不同文明之间的对话 Islam & Confucianism: A Civilizational Dialogue), El-Kalem, Sarajevo, 2018, pp. 318; ISBN: 978-9958-23-471-2;

(Review by Pretnar, Mojca. “Osman Bakar, Cheng Gek Nai (ur.): Islam i konfucijanstvo: civilizacijski dijalog.” Filozofska istraživanja 39, br. 4 (2019): 944-947.
https://hrcak.srce.hr/240436; ISBN: 9789958234712;

https://ff.unsa.ba/files/17_18/nirmas/jan/Bookcoverof_Islam_and_Confucianism.pdf;
https://elkalem.ba/proizvod/islam-i-konfucijanstvo-civilizacijski-dijalog/;

13) Ian Almond, Historija islama u njemačkoj misli – od Leibniza do Nietzchea (History of Islam in German Thought) in cooperation with Selma Đuliman, El-Kalem, Sarajevo, 2018, pp. 320; ISBN: 978-9958-23-503-0;
https://elkalem.ba/proizvod/historija-islama-u-njemackoj-misli-od-leibniza-do-nietzchea/;

14) Mujtabai, Fathullah, Hindusko-muslimanske kulturne relacije /HINDU-MUSLIM Cultural Relations, translated by Nevad Kahteran, Filozofski fakultet UNSA, Sarajevo, 2020, pp. 154; ISBN-13 (15)978-9958-625-91-6;

http://ff-eizdavastvo.ba/Books/HINDUSKO-MUSLIMANSKE_kulturne_relacije.pdf;

15) Chaghatai, M. Ikram. GOETHE, IQBAL I ORIJENT, translated by Nevad Kahteran, Filozofski fakultet UNSA, Sarajevo, 2020, pp. 125; ISBN – 978-9958-625-84-8; COBISS.BH-ID – 38463238: http://www.ff-eizdavastvo.ba/Books/GOETHE-IQBAL-I-ORIJENT.pdf;
https://ebooks.ff.unsa.ba/index.php/ebooks_ffunsa/catalog/download/45/44/180?inline=1

16) Bakar, Osman & Baharuddin, Azizan (2025.). Islamsko-budistički eko dijalog (IBED): Primjena religije i znanosti na ekologiju i održivost / Islam-Buddhism Eco Dialogue (IBED): Application of Religion and Science to Ecology and Sustainability, online izdanje FF UNSA, str. 199; ISBN-13 (15) 978-9926-491-44-4;
https://ebooks.ff.unsa.ba/index.php/ebooks_ffunsa/catalog/book/118.

17) Reza Shah Kazemi, Zajedničko tlo između islama i budizma / Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism, Fons Vitae online edition, str. XLV + 200 (https://fonsvitae.com/product/zajednicko-tlo-izmedu-islama-i-budizma/;
https://fonsvitae.com/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2025/03/Zajednicko-tlo-izmedu-islama-i-budizma-14-3-2025-1-sflzif.pdf;
https://cepozir.ffrz.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03_Trece_tromjesecje.pdf;

18) Mahmūd, ʻAbd al-Halīm (2025), Život u zahvalnosti Allahu, komentirani prijevod autobiografije šejha ʻAbd al-Halīma Mahmūda (1910-78), al-hamdu li-Lāhi hādhihi hayātī (الحمد لله هذه حياتى) / A Life in Praise of God, an annotated translation of Shaykh ʻAbd al-Halīm Mahmūd's autobiography,         al-hamdu li-Lāhi hādhihi hayātī (الحمد لله هذه حياتى) Translated into English by Nancy Roberts, Translated into Bosnian from English and Arabic by Nevad Kahteran, FF UNSA; proofreading and review by Mustafa Prljača (IZ BiH) & hafiz prof. dr. Safvet Halilović (IPF UNZE) (Fons Vitae, 2025 – forthcoming).

19) Seyyed Hossein Nasr (2025). Sufijski komentar Lao Tzu-ovog Tao Te Ching-a: Put i njegova Vrlina / A Sufi Commentary on the Tao Te Ching: The Way and Its Virtue, translated into Bosnian by Nevad Kahteran, Fons Vitae, USA, 258 pages, online edition for free download available at:
https://fonsvitae.com/product/sufijski-komentar-lao-tzu-ovog-tao-te-ching-a-put-i-njegova-vrlina/; https://fonsvitae.com/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2025/06/Sufijski-komentar-Lao-Tzu-ovog-Tao-Te-Ching-a-Put-i-njegova-Vrlina-guthkl.pdf;

Journals (co-editorial & editorial)

[1] KAHTERAN, Nevad & BUČAN, Daniel (eds). Islamic and Comparative Philosophy –  a Special Issue of Synthesis Philosophica (Synthesis Philosophica, Zagreb 2016, Vol. 31 No. 2, 2016. pp. 227-482: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=toc&id_broj=15003; ISSN 0352-7875).

Review by Rošker, Jana S. Islamic and Comparative Philosophy–An Assessment of a Special Issue of Synthesis Philosophica, In: Asian Studies Vol 6 No 1 (2018), January 2018, pp. 111-115: Islamic Cultures in East and South Asia,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2018.6.1.111-115

My reviews published in: Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 31 No. 2, 2016:

Ali Paya (ed.): The Misty Land of Ideas and the Light of Dialogue. An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy: Western & Islamic (pp. 461-464): https://doi.org/10.21464/sp31218

Oliver Leaman (ed.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy (pp. 464-465): https://doi.org/10.21464/sp31219

Oliver Leaman: The Qur’an: A Philosophical Guide (pp. 466): https://doi.org/10.21464/sp31220

Snježana Veljačić-Akpınar: Buddhist Meditations on Islamic Contemplative Paths. Less Traveled Roads & Abandoned Junctions (pp. 466-468): https://doi.org/10.21464/sp31221

Massimo Campanini. Philosophical Perspectives on Modern Qur’ānic Exegesis. Key Paradigms and Concepts (pp. 468-469): https://doi.org/10.21464/sp31222

 

[2] KAHTERAN, Nevad (ed.). Uvodnik u Temu broja: Iqbalijanske studije u: Živa baština (časopis za filozofiju i gnozu), Vol. III, No. 6, januar – mart 2017., pp. 3-73; https://bastinaduhovnosti.com/casopis-ziva-bastina/; ISSN 2303-8799 / ISSN 2303-8802 (online)

Introductory and translations of the following articles:

-Muhammed Suheyl Umar, Popravak i iskupljenje: Iqbalovo preformuliranje sufijske misli, https://bastinaduhovnosti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Iqbalovo_preformuliranje_sufijske_misli-1.pdf); pp. 4-33.

-Robert Wittemore, Iqbalov panenteizam (https://bastinaduhovnosti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Iqbalov_panenteizam.pdf); pp. 34-43.

-Muhammed Suheyl Umar, S namjerom da vidim i kažem: Značaj Iqbalove mudrosne poezije (https://bastinaduhovnosti.com/znacaj-iqbalove-mudrosne-poezije/), pp. 44-55.

-Id., Po njegovim vlastitim riječima – pismo Muhammeda Iqbala Nicholsonu, pp. 56-67 (https://bastinaduhovnosti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Iqbalov_panenteizam.pdf);

-Id., Jemenski miomiris (https://bastinaduhovnosti.com/jemenski-miomiris/), pp. 68-73.