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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779074603321

Titolo

Sufism and society : arrangements of the mystical in the Muslim world, 1200-1800 / / edited by John J. Curry and Erik S. Ohlander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-65904-8

1-283-44323-6

9786613443236

0-203-80698-0

1-136-65905-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Routledge Sufi series ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

CurryJohn J., Professor

OhlanderErik S

Disciplina

297.409/02

Soggetti

Sufism - History

Mysticism - Islam - History

Islamic sociology

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Historiography -- pt. 2. Landscapes -- pt. 3. Doctrine and praxis -- pt. 4. Negotiations.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, many historians of Islamic mysticism have been grappling in sophisticated ways with the difficulties of essentialism. Reconceptualising the study of Islamic mysticism during an under-researched period of its history, this book examines the relationship between Sufism and society in the Muslim world, from the fall of the Abbasid caliphate to the heyday of the great Ottoman, Mughal and Safavid empires. Treating a heretofore under-researched period in the history of Sufism, this work establishes previously unimagined trajectories for the study of mystical movemen