E-Book, Englisch, Band 45, 215 Seiten
Reihe: Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle EastISSN
Intentional Ambivalence in al-Ma'arri’s Luzum
E-Book, Englisch, Band 45, 215 Seiten
Reihe: Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle EastISSN
ISBN: 978-3-11-077389-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The book re-examines the religious thought and receptions of the Syrian poet Abu l-?Ala? al-Ma?arri (d.1057) and one of his best known works - , a collection of poems, which, although widely studied, needs a thorough re-evaluation regarding matters of (un)belief. Given the contradictory nature of al-Ma?arri’s and in particular, there have been two major trends in assessing al-Ma?arri’s religious thought in modern scholarship. One presented al-Ma?arri as an unbeliever and a freethinker arguing that through contradictions, he practiced , i.e., dissimulation in order to avoid persecution. The other, often apologetically, presented al-Ma?arri as a sincere Muslim. This study proposes that the notion of ambivalence is a more appropriate analytical tool to apply to the reading of , specifically in matters of belief. This ambivalence is directly conditioned by the historical and intellectual circumstances al-Ma?arri lived in and he intentionally left it unsolved and intense as a robust stance against claims of certainty. Going beyond reductive interpretations, the notion of ambivalence allows for an integrative paradigm in dealing with contradictions and dissonance.
Zielgruppe
Scholars of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Literature, Abbasi
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
