In this episode of Book Talks—Zubair’s Bookshelf’s Podcast—I (Zubair Qamar) sit down with Dr. Koert Debeuf to discuss his groundbreaking book The Influence of Averroes on European Thought: The Disappearance of Latin Averroism from the History of Philosophy, published in December 2024.
Together, we explore how the towering figure of Averroes (Ibn Rushd) shaped European philosophy, why Latin Averroism was once central to intellectual debates, and how and why its influence was later erased from mainstream histories of philosophy.
This conversation uncovers forgotten currents of thought and reopens the question of how knowledge moves—and is sometimes deliberately silenced—across civilizations.
Dive deep, and resurface seeing Averroes—and the story of European philosophy—anew!
