The Dream in Islam : From Qur'anic Tradition to Jihadist Inspiration.

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The war in the Middle East is marked by a lack of cultural knowledge on the part of the western forces, and this book deals with another, widely ignored element of Islam-the role of dreams in everyday life. The practice of using night dreams to make important life decisions can be traced to Middle E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edgar, Iain R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011.
Temas:
Dreams > Religious aspects > Islam.
Dream interpretation > Islamic countries > History.
Ethnopsychology > Islamic countries > History.
Dreams in literature.
Rêves > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Rêves > Interprétation > Pays musulmans > Histoire.
Ethnopsychologie > Pays musulmans > Histoire.
Rêves dans la littérature.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.
Dream interpretation
Dreams in literature
Dreams > Religious aspects > Islam
Ethnopsychology
Islamic countries
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Foreword: Anthropological Skepticism Encounters Dreamed Realities Following Fieldwork in Pakistan; Introduction; Chapter 1
  • Context and History: Dreams as Perceived Metaphysical and Divinatory Knowledge in Islam; Chapter 2
  • Methodology; Chapter 3
  • Istikhara: Islamic Dream Incubation; Chapter 4
  • Sufism and Dreaming; Chapter 5
  • Militant Jihadist Dreaming in the Middle East and the United Kingdom; Chapter 6
  • Dreams of Mullah Omar, Taliban Leader; Chapter 7
  • Dream Interpretation Resources (Dictionaries) in Islam.
  • Chapter 8
  • A Comparison of Islamic Dream Theory and Western Psychological Theories of the DreamConclusion; Epilogue
  • The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Imagination, Creativity, and Political Agency in the Inspirational Night Dream in Islam; Glossary; References; Index.

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