Fr. 198.00

Sufi Civilities - Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan

Englisch · Fester Einband

Versand in der Regel in 3 bis 5 Wochen (Titel wird speziell besorgt)

Beschreibung

Mehr lesen










"Despite its pervasive reputation as a place of religious extremes and war, Afghanistan has a complex and varied religious landscape where elements from a broad spectrum of religious belief vie for a place in society. It is also one of the birthplaces of a widely practiced variant of Islam: Sufism. Contemporary analysts suggest that Sufism is on the decline due to war and the ideological hardening that results from societies in conflict. However, in Sufi Civilities, Annika Schmeding argues that this is far from a truthful depiction. Sufi communities have worked as resistance fighters, aid workers, businessmen, actors, professors and daily workers in creative and ingenious ways to keep and renew their networks of community support. Based on long-term ethnographic field research among multiple Sufi communities in different urban areas of Afghanistan, Schmeding examines navigational strategies employed by Sufi leaders over the past four decades to weather periods of instability and persecution, showing how they adapted to changing conditions in novel ways that crafted Sufism as a force in the civil sphere. This book offers a rare on-the-ground view into how Sufi leaders react to moments of transition within a highly insecure environment, and how humanity shines through the darkness during times of turmoil"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis










List of Figures

Note on Transliteration Acknowledgmentsix

Introduction

1. Navigating the Past: Sufi Strategies of State Alignment, Contestation and Strategic Distance

2. Navigating Insecurity: Mullahs and Sufi Lodges

3. Navigating the Interior: Sufi Poetry as Islamic Education and Heritage

4. Gendered Navigation: Equality in Difference

5. Navigating the Divine through Dreams

Conclusion and Epilogue on Transitions

Glossary

Notes

References

Index


Produktdetails

Autoren Annika Schmeding
Verlag Stanford University Press
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Fester Einband
Erschienen 28.11.2023
 
EAN 9781503633384
ISBN 978-1-5036-3338-4
Seiten 348
Thema Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde

Kundenrezensionen

Zu diesem Artikel wurden noch keine Rezensionen verfasst. Schreibe die erste Bewertung und sei anderen Benutzern bei der Kaufentscheidung behilflich.

Schreibe eine Rezension

Top oder Flop? Schreibe deine eigene Rezension.

Für Mitteilungen an CeDe.ch kannst du das Kontaktformular benutzen.

Die mit * markierten Eingabefelder müssen zwingend ausgefüllt werden.

Mit dem Absenden dieses Formulars erklärst du dich mit unseren Datenschutzbestimmungen einverstanden.