Description: Further DetailsTitle: Neither Belief nor UnbeliefCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: Intentional Ambivalence in al-Maʿarrī’s LuzūmISBN-10: 3110772531EAN: 9783110772531ISBN: 9783110772531Publisher: De GruyterRelease Date: 12/19/2022Description: The book re-examines the religious thought and receptions of the Syrian poet Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d.1057) and one of his best known works - Luzūm mā lā yalzam (The Self-Imposed Unnecessity), a collection of poems, which, although widely studied, needs a thorough re-evaluation regarding matters of (un)belief. Given the contradictory nature of al-Maʿarrī’s oeuvre and Luzūm in particular, there have been two major trends in assessing al-Maʿarrī’s religious thought in modern scholarship. One presented al-Maʿarrī as an unbeliever and a freethinker arguing that through contradictions, he practiced taqīya, i.e., dissimulation in order to avoid persecution. The other, often apologetically, presented al-Maʿarrī as a sincere Muslim. This study proposes that the notion of ambivalence is a more appropriate analytical tool to apply to the reading of Luzūm, specifically in matters of belief. This ambivalence is directly conditioned by the historical and intellectual circumstances al-Maʿarrī 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. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: DEItem Height: 230mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 444gAuthor: Sona GrigoryanGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: HistoryBook Series: Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle EastRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Neither Belief nor Unbelief
Title: Neither Belief nor Unbelief
Subtitle: Intentional Ambivalence in al-Maʿarrī’s Luzūm
ISBN-10: 3110772531
EAN: 9783110772531
ISBN: 9783110772531
Release Date: 12/19/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Item Height: 230mm
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 215 Pages
Publication Name: Neither Belief Nor Unbelief : Intentional Ambivalence in Al-MaʿArrī's LuzūM
Language: English
Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
Subject: Islam / History, Middle Eastern, Religious, Islam / General, Modern / General, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year: 2022
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion, Philosophy, History
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Sona Grigoryan
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East Ser.
Format: Hardcover
