Sufi aesthetics : beauty, love, and the human form in the writings of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi / Cyrus Ali Zargar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zargar, Cyrus Ali.

Series:

Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)

Studies in comparative religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240--Criticism and interpretation.

Ibn al-ʻArabī.

ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289?--Criticism and interpretation.

ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm.

Sufism--Doctrines.

Sufism.

Aesthetics.

Perception (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An approach to understanding Muslim mystics as perceiving divine beauty and human beauty as one reality.

Contents:

Perception according to Ibn 'Arabi: God in forms

Perception according to 'Iraqi: witnessing and divine self-love

Beauty according to Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi: that which causes love

Ibn 'Arabi and human beauty: the school of passionate love

'Iraqi and the tradition of love, witnessing, and shahidbazi

The amorous lyric as mystical language: union of the sacred and profane.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-221) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781611171839

1611171830

OCLC:

910069670