02557nam 22005774a 450 991081911050332120200520144314.01-134-36144-01-280-23268-497866102326800-203-69450-3(CKB)1000000000254107(EBL)200450(OCoLC)475910380(SSID)ssj0000253502(PQKBManifestationID)11207876(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000253502(PQKBWorkID)10186173(PQKB)10871722(MiAaPQ)EBC200450(Au-PeEL)EBL200450(CaPaEBR)ebr10272655(CaONFJC)MIL23268(OCoLC)252732598(EXLCZ)99100000000025410720031103d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSufism and deconstruction a comparative study of Derrida and Ibn Arabi /Ian AlmondLondon ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (175 p.)Routledge studies in religion ;6Description based upon print version of record.0-415-57897-3 0-415-32043-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-160) and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of transliterations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The shackles of reason; 2 The honesty of the perplexed; 3 Sages of the book; 4 Mystery-tasting and abyssality; Conclusion - the post-structuralist dissolution of the subject; Notes; Bibliography; IndexExaminung a series of common features in the works of Derrida and the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi, considered to be one of the most influential figures in Islamic thought, the author addresses the significant absence of attention on the relationship between Islam and Derrida. Presenting a deconstructive perspective on Ibn 'Arabi, the book's features include:* the opposition to systematizing representations of God/reality/the text * a re-emphasis on the radical unthinkability of God and the text * a common conception of rational thought as restrictive, commodifying and ultimately illusRoutledge studies in religion ;6.181/.92Almond Ian1969-1629604MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819110503321Sufism and deconstruction3967441UNINA