Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Unknowing and the everyday: Sufism and knowledge in Iran

/ Seema Golestaneh

Main Author:
  • Golestaneh, Seema (1985-....), Auteur Idref
    • Languages: anglaisCountries: ETATS-UNIS, ROYAUME-UNIPublication: Durham (C.); London: Duke University Press, 2023Description: 1 volume (XVI-233 pages); illustrations, couverture illustrée en couleurs; 24 cmppn: 270358072 SUDOCISBN: 978-1-4780-1953-4 ; 978-1-4780-1689-2Classification: 23IR (Iran), 200 (Religions, Religious sciences)Abstract:
    "In Unknowing and the Everyday Seema Golestaneh examines how Sufi mystical experience in Iran shapes contemporary life. Central to this process is ma'rifat, or "unknowing"-the idea that, as it is ultimately impossible to fully understand the divine, humanity must operate from an engaged awareness that we know nothing. Golestaneh shows that rather than considering ma'rifat as an obstacle to intellectual engagement, Sufis embrace that there will always be that which they do not know. From this position, they affirm both the limits of human knowledge and the mysteries of the profane world. Through ethnographic case studies, Golestaneh traces the affective and sensory dimensions of ma'rifat in contexts such as the creation of collective Sufi spaces, the interpretation of Persian poetry, formulations of selfhood and non-selfhood, and the navigation of the socio-material realm. By outlining the relationship between ma'rifat and religious, aesthetic, and social life in Iran, Golestaneh demonstrates that for Sufis, the outer bounds of human thought are the beginning rather than the limit."
    Bibliography: Notes bibliographiques pages [193]-210. Bibliographie pages [211]-224. IndexSubject - Topical Name: Soufisme Iran | Vie religieuse Iran | Mystique, Islam | Soufis -- Moeurs et coutumes Iran | Sufism -- Iran | Sufis -- Religious life -- Iran | Mysticism -- Islam -- Iran Subject - Geographical Name: Iran -- Religious life and customs | Iran -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
    Holdings
    Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
    Document empruntable, à demander BULAC
    Magasin     		Livre BULAC MON 8 64327 Available 17513004526360
    Total holds: 0

    La ressource est également disponible en format numérique

    Notes bibliographiques pages [193]-210. Bibliographie pages [211]-224. Index

    "In Unknowing and the Everyday Seema Golestaneh examines how Sufi mystical experience in Iran shapes contemporary life. Central to this process is ma'rifat, or "unknowing"-the idea that, as it is ultimately impossible to fully understand the divine, humanity must operate from an engaged awareness that we know nothing. Golestaneh shows that rather than considering ma'rifat as an obstacle to intellectual engagement, Sufis embrace that there will always be that which they do not know. From this position, they affirm both the limits of human knowledge and the mysteries of the profane world. Through ethnographic case studies, Golestaneh traces the affective and sensory dimensions of ma'rifat in contexts such as the creation of collective Sufi spaces, the interpretation of Persian poetry, formulations of selfhood and non-selfhood, and the navigation of the socio-material realm. By outlining the relationship between ma'rifat and religious, aesthetic, and social life in Iran, Golestaneh demonstrates that for Sufis, the outer bounds of human thought are the beginning rather than the limit." éditeur

    Sufism in Iran, Iran in Sufism Unknowing of text, Unknowing of authority Unknowing of self, unknowing of body Unknowing of memory Unknowing of place

    Personnal data processing

    The information collected by BULAC is subject to computer processing intended for the management of registrations, book loans, workspace bookings and access to the library. They are also be used to produce anonymized statistics. The data is intended for the sole use of the BULAC departments responsible for carrying out these processings. Any account and its associated data is automatically suppressed if unused for at least one year.

    In accordance with GDPR and the law "Informatique et Libertés" of January 6, 1978 as amended, you have the right to access and rectify information concerning you. These rights can be exercised by contacting BULAC's Data Protection Officer (dpo@bulac.fr, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 PARIS). You can also, for legitimate reasons, oppose the processing of data concerning you.