Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 460 g
Beauty, Love, and the Human Form in the Writings of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi
Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 460 g
ISBN: 978-1-57003-999-7
Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
Argues that the interpretive keys to erotic Sufi poems and their medieval commentaries lie in understanding a unique perceptual experience. Using careful analysis of primary texts, this explores the theoretical and poetic pronouncements of two major Muslim mystics, Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (d. 1240) and Fakhr al-Din 'Iraqi (d. 1289), under the premise that behind any literary tradition exist organic aesthetic values. The complex assertions of these Sufis appear not as abstract theory, but as a way of seeing all things, including the sensory world.