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God's unruly friends : dervish groups in the Islamic later middle period, 1200-1550 /
"Wandering dervishes formed a prominent feature of most Muslim communities well into the modern period, surviving in some regions even today. Shocking in appearance, behavior, and speech, these social misfits were revered by the public, yet denounced by cultural elites. God's Unruly Friend...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Salt Lake City :
University of Utah Press,
©1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Renunciation through Social Deviance
- 3. Renunciation, Deviant Individualism, and Sufism
- 4. Ascetic Virtuosi
- 5. Dervish Groups in Full Bloom, 1200-1500
- 6. Dervish Groups in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1550
- 7. Renunciation in the Later Middle Period
- 8. Conclusion.