The Educational Qurʾan: "Maybe Youp Will Understand (laʿallakum taʿqilūn)"
This article addresses the Qurʾan in light of Peter Sloterdijk's etymologically founded understanding and elaboration of askesis as "training" or "exercise." Approaching asceticism as a broad cultural phenomenon and not as, for example, renunciation, self-denial, or privatio...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Numen
Year: 2019, Volume: 66, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 550-579 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sloterdijk, Peter 1947-, Du musst dein Leben ändern
/ Koran
/ Religious education
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AH Religious education BJ Islam |
Further subjects: | B
Pedagogy
B Education B Qurʾan B Asceticism B mental training program B Peter Sloterdijk |
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Summary: | This article addresses the Qurʾan in light of Peter Sloterdijk's etymologically founded understanding and elaboration of askesis as "training" or "exercise." Approaching asceticism as a broad cultural phenomenon and not as, for example, renunciation, self-denial, or privation exclusively, the article demonstrates that the Qurʾan is a text characterized by ascetic norms and values. The Qurʾan is an educational project, employing a variety of pedagogical strategies to train its adherents how to think and react in a particular way. Through an outline of four examples of such strategies (the use of "learning terms," metaphorical language, formulaic repetition, and polemical speech), I argue that the Qurʾan follows other (post-)axial religions in constructing an ascetic, deliberate, and self-reflexive mental training program for its followers. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341554 |