"Mysticism" in Iran: the Safavid roots of a modern concept
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?
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Columbia, South Carolina
University of South Carolina Press
[2017]
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In: | Year: 2017 |
Series/Journal: | Studies in comparative religion
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran
/ Sufism
/ Safawiden, Dynastie : 1501-1722
B Iran / Islam / Mysticism |
Further subjects: | B
Mysticism
Islam
History
Iran
B Mysticism Islam Iran B Mysticism Islam (Iran) History |