Sufism and the Perfect Human

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1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-17427-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

Reihe: Routledge Sufi Series

Studying the history of the notion of the ‘Perfect Human’, this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn ‘Arabi and later treated in greater depth by al-Jili, the idea left its mark on later Islamic mystical, metaphysical, and political thought, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, up until modern times.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morrissey, Fitzroy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sufis
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part One: Al-Jili’s Life & Thought 1. Al-Jili’s Life & Work 2. Al-Jili’s Sufi Metaphysics Part Two: The Perfect Human 3. A ‘Synthetic Being’: The Perfect Human as Locus of Divine Manifestation and Microcosm 4. The Pole 5. The Muhammadan Reality 6. The Identity of the Perfect Human Conclusion: Influences and Impact

Über Autor(innen)

Fitzroy Morrissey is an Examination Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He researches and teaches the intellectual and religious history of the Islamic world in the medieval and modern periods. Previously the co-author of Iran: Persia: Ancient & Modern (2016), and the recipient of a DPhil in Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford (2018), this is his first specialist book.