Sufism and the Perfect Human: From Ibn 'Arabī To Al-Jīlī

ISBN-13: 9781032174273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 176 str.

Fitzroy Morrissey

Opis

Studying the history of the notion of the ‘Perfect Human’, this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn ‘Arabī and later treated in greater depth by al-Jīlī, the idea left its mark on later Islamic mystical, metaphysical, and political thought, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, up until modern times.

Spis treści

Introduction Part One: Al-Jīlī’s Life & Thought  1. Al-Jīlī’s Life & Work  2. Al-Jīlī’s Sufi Metaphysics  Part Two: The Perfect Human  3. A ‘Synthetic Being’: The Perfect Human as Locus of Divine Manifestation and Microcosm  4. The Pole  5. The Muhammadan Reality  6. The Identity of the Perfect Human  Conclusion: Influences and Impact

O autorze

Fitzroy Morrissey is an Examination Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He researches and teaches the intellectual and religious history of the Islamic world in the medieval and modern periods. Previously the co-author of Iran: Persia: Ancient & Modern (2016), and the recipient of a DPhil in Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford (2018), this is his first specialist book.