Chamankhah The Conceptualization of Guardianship in Iranian Intellectual History (1800–1989)

Reading Ibn ?Arabi’s Theory of Wilaya in the Shi?a World
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-22692-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History

This book is a study of the concept of wilaya and its developments among  Shi?i  scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations of wilaya through the examination and interpretation of key texts. She focuses on the influence of ibn ?Arabi’s mysticism, with regard to the conception of wilaya , on his Shi?a successors and expositors in later centuries.  She also discusses the development and transformation of the conception of wilaya over two hundred years, from the esoteric school of Shaykhism to the politicization of wilaya in the theory of wilayat al-faqih.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chamankhah, Leila

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Ibn ?Arabi and Wilaya.- 3. The Shaykhi School and Wilaya .- 4. The Schools of Tehran and Qum and Wilaya.- 5. Khomeini, Wilaya, and the Influence of Ibn ?Arabi.- 6. Khomeini as the Jurist and Wilaya.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Leila Chamankhah teaches at the University of Dayton, USA. Her areas of research interest are Iranian Studies, Islamic studies, Shia intellectual history, and Middle Eastern studies.