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Sufism and society : arrangements of the mystical in the Muslim world, 1200-1800 / edited by John J. Curry and Erik S. Ohlander.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Sufi series ; 12.
- Routledge Sufi series ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sufism--History.
- Sufism.
- Mysticism--Islam--History.
- Mysticism.
- Islamic sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In recent years, many historians of Islamic mysticism have been grappling in sophisticated ways with the difficulties of essentialism. Reconceptualising the study of Islamic mysticism during an under-researched period of its history, this book examines the relationship between Sufism and society in the Muslim world, from the fall of the Abbasid caliphate to the heyday of the great Ottoman, Mughal and Safavid empires. Treating a heretofore under-researched period in the history of Sufism, this work establishes previously unimagined trajectories for the study of mystical movemen
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Historiography
- pt. 2. Landscapes
- pt. 3. Doctrine and praxis
- pt. 4. Negotiations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-65904-8
- 1-283-44323-6
- 9786613443236
- 0-203-80698-0
- 1-136-65905-6
- 9780203806982
- OCLC:
- 798533438
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