Mystical Islam and Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary German Literature - Openness to Alterity

Highlights the spirituality and cosmopolitanism of four contemporary German Muslim writers, showing that they undermine the "clash-of-civilizations" narrative and open up space for new ways of coexisting.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: Spirituality, Cosmopolitanism, and Muslim German Writers
Between Heaven and Earth, and Self and Other: Zafer Senocak's Übergang
Poetry, Prayer, and Apostasy: SAID's Psalmen
Romantic Religion and Counter-Enlightenment Cosmopolitanism: Feridun Zaimoglu's Liebesbrand
Between Pleasure and Terror: The Divine in Navid Kermani's Fiction
Conclusion: Intellectual, Spiritual, and Cultural Renewal
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Joseph Twist

Summary

Highlights the spirituality and cosmopolitanism of four contemporary German Muslim writers, showing that they undermine the "clash-of-civilizations" narrative and open up space for new ways of coexisting.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Twist
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781640140103
• ISBN: 978-1-64014-010-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture; Studies in German Literature L; Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture; Studies in German Literature L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Deutsch, Deutschland, 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren, Literaturwissenschaft: ab 2000