| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 166 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Routledge studies in religion
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Routledge studies in religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-160) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Shackles of reason : Sufi/deconstructive opposition to rational thought -- 2. Honesty of the perplexed : Derrida and Ibn Arabi on 'confusion' -- 3. Sages of the book : the meaning of infinity in Sufi and deconstructive hermeneutics -- 4. Mystery-tasting and abyssality : the secret in Ibn Arabi and Derrida -- Conclusion : the post-structuralist dissolution of the subject : three Neoplatonic moments in the Derridean canon. |
| Summary |
This book examines a series of common featuress in the works of Derrida and the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi, considered to be one of the most influential figures in Islamic thought. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240.
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Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240. |
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Derrida, Jacques.
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Derrida, Jacques. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Almond, Ian, 1969- Sufism and deconstruction. London : Routledge, 2004 (DLC) 2003066835 |
| ISBN |
0203694503 (electronic book) |
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9780203694503 (electronic book) |
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0415320437 (Cloth) |
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