Kings and Dervishes: Sufi World Renunciation and the Symbolism of Kingship in the Persianate World - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520401686ISBN-10:520401689UPC:9780520401686Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle East, IslamBook Topic:SufiSize:9.13 x 5.98 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCVYDMSMAA
Kings and Dervishes: Sufi World Renunciation and the Symbolism of Kingship in the Persianate World
Sa?d Amir Arjomand's Kings and Dervishes is a pioneering study of the emergence and development of Sufism during the formation of the Persianate world. Whereas Sufi doctrine was expressed in the New Persian language, its social organization was detached from the civic movement among the urban craftsmen and artisans known as the fotovva(t) and was politically shaped by multiple forces--first by...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520401686ISBN-10:520401689UPC:9780520401686Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle East, IslamBook Topic:SufiSize:9.13 x 5.98 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCVYDMSMAA
Sa?d Amir Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Stony Brook University, the founding editor of the Journal of Persianate Studies, and author of Messianism and Sociopolitical Revolution in Medieval Islam and Revolutions of the End of Time.
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