Neither belief nor unbelief : intentional ambivalence in al-Ma'arrī's "Luzūm" / Sona Grigoryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grigoryan, Sona, author.

Series:

Studies in the history and culture of the Middle East ; Volume 45.

Studies in the history and culture of the Middle East ; Volume 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature.

Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī, 973-1057.

Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East are published as supplement to Der Islam which was founded in 1910 by Carl Heinrich Becker, an early practitioner of the modern study of Islam. The mission of the series is the study of past societies of the Middle East, their belief systems, and their underlying social and economic relations--in their aim to cover the entire spectrum of the historically oriented humanities and social sciences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Some Matters of Usage

Introduction

Chapter 1 Milieu and Life: al-Maʿarrī in Context

Chapter 2 Luzūmīyāt

Chapter 3 Between Belief and Unbelief—Early Treatments and Responses

Chapter 4 Between Belief and Unbelief—Modern Readings and Receptions

Chapter 5 Neither Belief nor Unbelief— Intentional Ambivalence

Chapter 6 Contradictions in Luzūmīyāt

Conclusions

Appendix: Verses of Luzūm in Arabic

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-077364-3