Sufi castigator : Ahmad Kasravi and the Iranian mystical tradition / Lloyd Ridgeon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridgeon, Lloyd V. J.

Series:

Routledge Sufi Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kasravī, Aḥmad, 1890-1946.

Kasravī, Aḥmad.

Sufism--Iran.

Sufism.

National characteristics, Iranian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sufi Castigator investigates the writings of Ahmad Kasravi, one of the foremost intellectuals in Iran. It studies his work within the context of Sufism in modern Iran and mystical Persian literature and includes translations of Kasravi's writings.Kasravi provides a fascinating topic for those with interests in Sufism and Iranian studies as he attempted to produce a form of Iranian identity that he believed was compatible with the modern age and Iranian nationalism. His stress on reason and the de-mystification of religion caused him to repudiate Sufism and much of the Sufi l

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. THE BACKGROUND; 2. OPINIONS OF SUFISM IN IRAN 1850-1950; 3. SCOURGE OF THE SUFIS: KASRAVI'S REJECTION OF PERSIAN MYSTICISM; 4. "SUFISM"; 5. OPPOSITION TO THE ORIENTALISTS: KASRAVI'S CRITICISMS OF E.G. BROWNE; 6. HOSTILITY TO HAFEZ: KASRAVI'S VIEWS OF PERSIAN POETRY; 7. "WHAT DOES HAFEZ SAY?"; CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Kasravi, Ahmad, 1890-1946. Sufigari. English.

Kasravi, Ahmad, 1890-1946. Hafiz chih miguyad?. English.

ISBN:

1-280-54329-9

9786610543298

0-203-57194-0

9780203571941

OCLC:

475894769