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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463231203321

Autore

Zargar Cyrus Ali

Titolo

Sufi aesthetics [[electronic resource] ] : beauty, love, and the human form in the writings of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi / / Cyrus Ali Zargar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, S.C., : University of South Carolina Press, c2011

ISBN

1-61117-183-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Studies in comparative religion

Disciplina

297.4/167

Soggetti

Sufism - Doctrines

Aesthetics

Perception (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-221) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Perception according to Ibn 'Arabi: God in forms -- Perception according to 'Iraqi: witnessing and divine self-love -- Beauty according to Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi: that which causes love -- Ibn 'Arabi and human beauty: the school of passionate love -- 'Iraqi and the tradition of love, witnessing, and shahidbazi -- The amorous lyric as mystical language: union of the sacred and profane.

Sommario/riassunto

An approach to understanding Muslim mystics as perceiving divine beauty and human beauty as one reality.