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Mysticism in Iran : The Safavid Roots of a Modern Concept /

An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Anzali, Ata (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: the question of ʻirfan in contemporary Iran
  • ʻIrfan in the pre-Safavid period
  • The Safavid opposition to sufism
  • The sufi response
  • The invention of ʻirfan
  • The institutionalization of ʻirfan
  • Modernization of ʻirfan
  • Epilogue: ʻirfan as mysticism?