Buch, Englisch, Persian, Band 12, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm
Reihe: Sufism Studies
Innovation and Continuity in Thirteenth Century Persian Sufism
Buch, Englisch, Persian, Band 12, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm
Reihe: Sufism Studies
ISBN: 978-3-11-224782-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
This monograph responds to all the publications about Rumi’s poetry that have appeared in recent years. Many of those are non-academic, devotional works that present Rumi’s wisdom as an answer to a modern society’s contemporary malaise. However, this decontextualizes Rumi and presents him as an ahistorical figure who transcended Islam and Sufism. The aim of this book, , is to present Rumi as a thirteenth century Sufi who engaged with his traditions and the worldviews, prejudices and suppositions of his time. Of necessity, the views of Sufis from a similar period are considered to determine to what extent, if any, Rumi may be considered an innovative and original Sufi. All this is carried out by examining Rumi’s love odes (ghazals) as collected in the (also known popularly as the ), rather than the The is regarded as Rumi’s personal statement, and reflects a perspective from the heart. The book contains chapters on his Sufi influences, the nature of his Sufism (whether it was antinomian or not), and on Sufi ritual performance and theology.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
