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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137622503321

Autore

Ahmed Bouyerdene Éric Geoffroy, Setty G. Simon-Khedis (dir.)

Titolo

Abd el-Kader, un spirituel dans la modernité / / Ahmed Bouyerdene, Éric Geoffroy et Setty G. Simon-Khedis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Presses de l’Ifpo, 2012

France : , : Presses de l'Ifpo, , 2012

ISBN

9782351593271

9782351590430

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Études arabes, médiévales et modernes ; ; 237

Soggetti

History & Archaeology

Regions & Countries - Africa

Algeria History 1830-1962

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Avoiding the double pitfall of a sclerotic tradition and a soulless modernity: Abd el-Kader anticipated this issue early on, specific to any era but which appears to be multiplied nowadays. Opposing one and the other can only generate a schizophrenic consciousness, at the origin, in particular, of the religious or secular fundamentals that we know. For Abd el-Kader, the authentic spiritual tradition can only be revived by actualizing itself in the here and now, by embracing the ever-renewed realities of time and place. The texts presented in this book come from two conferences organized in Damascus (October 2008) and Strasbourg (May 2009). They reflect different aspects of the life and work of a modern day spiritualist who embodied this delicate balance and became, according to the Sufi adage, the "son of his time" (ibn waqtihi).