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Informationen zum Autor Lloyd Ridgeon is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow. He teaches courses on classical Islamic Studies, modern Iran and modern Islamic thought, and his research interests include Sufism, Iranian history and culture, Iranian cinema and Islamic theology. His most recent publications include Sufi Castigator (Routledge, 2007), Religion and Politics in Modern Iran (I.B. Tauris, 2006), Sufism: Critical Concepts (4 volumes), (Routledge, 2008) and Iranian Intellectuals 1997-2007 (Routledge, 2008). Klappentext This book explores the development of Persian Sufism, exploring in particular the ethic of futuwwat. It demonstrates how this Iranian code of honour emphasised selflessness, loyalty, humility, generosity, courage and bravery, showing itself to be a practical philosophy of the everyday rather than just a metaphysical phenomena. Zusammenfassung This book explores the development of Persian Sufism, exploring in particular the ethic of futuwwat. It demonstrates how this Iranian code of honour emphasised selflessness, loyalty, humility, generosity, courage and bravery, showing itself to be a practical philosophy of the everyday rather than just a metaphysical phenomena. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Origins of Futuwwat : Muruwwat and the Ethics of the ‘Ayyaran 2. Futuwwat and Early Persian Sufis 3. Institutionalisation Within the Sufi Futuwwat Associations During the 12th-14th Centuries 4. Timurid Futuwwat : The Case of Husayn Wa’iz Kashifi 5. Futuwwat from the Safavids to the Early Modern Era: Qalandar and Khaksar Jawanmardi 6. Futuwwat in the Modern Era: The Zurkhana Between Tradition and Change
