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1 online resource (xv, 442 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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text file |
| Series |
Handbook of Sufi studies ; volume 1
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Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East (2014). Handbook of Sufi studies ;
v. 1.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: What Is a Ṛūfī Institution? A Dichotomy in Ṛūfī Studies / Alexandre Papas -- Part I. The Economy of Sufism: 1. Economies of Sufism / Adam Sabra -- 2. Endowments for Ṛūfīs and Their Institutions / Nathan Hofer -- 3. Donations to Ṛūfīs and Ṛūfī Institutions / Hussain Ahmad Khan -- 4. Sufism, Futuwwa, and Professional Guilds / Mehran Afshari -- Part II. Ṛūfī Places and Dwellings: 5. Ṛūfī Places and Dwellings / Daphna Ephrat and Paulo G. Pinto -- 6. Ṛūfī Shrines / Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen -- 7. Ṛūfī Lodges / Peyvand Firouzeh -- 8. Ṛūfī Outposts (ribāṭs) / Nathan Hofer -- Part III. The Social Role of Ṛūfīs: 9. The Social Role of Ṛūfīs / Rachida Chih -- 10. Ṛūfī Altruism / Richard McGregor -- 11. Sufism, Urbanisation, and Sociability in Cities / Nathalie Clayer -- 12. Ṛūfīs in Rural Environments / Ahmet Yaşar Ocak -- Part IV. Sufism and Worldly Powers: 13. Sufism and Worldly Powers / Alexandre Papas -- 14. Ṛūfī Terminology of Power -- 15. Ṛūfīs as Court Advisors / Neguin Yavari -- 16. Sufism, the Army, and Holy War / David Cook -- 17. Ṛūfī Sultanates and Imamates / Knut S. Vikør -- Part V. The Organisation of Mysticism: 18. The Organisation of Mysticism / Mark Sedgwick -- 19. The First Communities / Jean-Jacques Thibon -- 20. Ṛūfī Lineages and Families / Ismail Fajrie Alatas -- 21. Established Ṛūfī Orders / Semih Ceyhan -- 22. Cyber Sufism / Stéphane A. Dudoignon. |
| Summary |
"This volume describes the social and practical aspects of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) across centuries and geographical regions. Its authors seek to transcend ethereal, essentialist and "spiritualizing" approaches to Sufism, on the one hand, and purely pragmatic and materialistic explanations of its origins and history, on the other. Covering five topics (Sufism's economy, social role of Sufis, Sufi spaces, politics, and organization), the volume shows that mystics have been active socio-religious agents who could skillfully adjust to the conditions of their time and place, while also managing to forge an alternative way of living, worshiping and thinking. Basing themselves on the most recent research on Sufi institutions, the contributors to this volume substantially expand our understanding of the vicissitudes of Sufism by paying special attention to its organizational and economic dimensions, as well as complex and often ambivalent relations between Sufis and the societies in which they played a wide variety of important and sometimes critical roles. |
| Biography |
Alexandre Papas, Ph.D. (2004) is Senior Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. He has published monographs, collaborative volumes and articles on the history of Sufism, including Thus Spake the Dervish (Brill, 2019). |
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| Subject |
Sufism -- History.
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Sufism. |
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History. |
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Sufism -- Social aspects.
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Sufism -- Social aspects. |
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Sufism -- Economic aspects.
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Public administration -- Islamic countries.
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Public administration. |
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Islamic countries. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Papas, Alexandre, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sufi institutions. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004389076 (DLC) 2020034591 (OCoLC)1178901542 |
| ISBN |
9004392602 electronic book |
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9789004392601 (electronic book) |
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9789004389076 hardback |
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