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Autore |
Edgar Iain R |
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Titolo |
The dream in Islam : from Qur'anic tradition to Jihadist inspiration / / Iain R. Edgar |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dreams - Religious aspects - Islam |
Dream interpretation - Islamic countries - History |
Ethnopsychology - Islamic countries - History |
Dreams in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword: Anthropological Skepticism Encounters Dreamed Realities Following Fieldwork in Pakistan; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Context and History: Dreams as Perceived Metaphysical and Divinatory Knowledge in Islam; Chapter 2 - Methodology; Chapter 3 - Istikhara: Islamic Dream Incubation; Chapter 4 - Sufism and Dreaming; Chapter 5 - Militant Jihadist Dreaming in the Middle East and the United Kingdom; Chapter 6 - Dreams of Mullah Omar, Taliban Leader; Chapter 7 - Dream Interpretation Resources (Dictionaries) in Islam |
Chapter 8 - A Comparison of Islamic Dream Theory and Western Psychological Theories of the DreamConclusion; Epilogue - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Imagination, Creativity, and Political Agency in the Inspirational Night Dream in Islam; Glossary; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The war in the Middle East is marked by a lack of cultural knowledge on the part of the western forces, and this book deals with another, widely ignored element of Islam-the role of dreams in everyday life. The practice of using night dreams to make important life decisions can be traced to Middle Eastern dream traditions and practices that preceded |
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