Morals and Mysticism in Persian Sufism: A History of Sufi-Futuwwat in Iran

ISBN-13: 9781138780262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 240 str.

Lloyd Ridgeon

Opis

This text examines the development of Persian Sufism and in particular its relationship with Javanmardi. The latter is an Iranian ethic of honesty, loyalty and generosity, and the author shows how Persian Sufism has been a practical philosophy of the everyday rather than just a metaphysical phenomena.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Origins of Futuwwat: Muruwwat and the Ethics of the ‘Ayyaran  2. Futuwwat and Early Persian Sufis  3. Institutionalisation Within the Sufi Futuwwat Associations During the 12^th-14^th Centuries  4. Timurid Futuwwat: The Case of Husayn Wa’iz Kashifi  5. Futuwwat from the Safavids to the Early Modern Era: Qalandar and Khaksar Jawanmardi  6. Futuwwat in the Modern Era: The Zurkhana Between Tradition and Change

O autorze

Lloyd Ridgeon is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow. He teaches courses on classical Islamic Studies, modern Iran and modern Islamic thought, and his research interests include Sufism, Iranian history and culture, Iranian cinema and Islamic theology. His most recent publications include Sufi Castigator (Routledge, 2007), Religion and Politics in Modern Iran (I.B. Tauris, 2006), Sufism: Critical Concepts (4 volumes), (Routledge, 2008) and Iranian Intellectuals 1997-2007 (Routledge, 2008).