Dreams and visions in Islamic societies /:

A wide-ranging consideration of the place of dreams and visions in Islamic societies from the pre-modern period to the present. Dreams and visions have always been important in Islamic societies. Yet, their pervasive impact on Muslim communities and on the lives of individual Muslims remains largely...

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Weitere Verfasser: Felek, Özgen, Knysh, Alexander D.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2012.
Schriftenreihe:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:A wide-ranging consideration of the place of dreams and visions in Islamic societies from the pre-modern period to the present. Dreams and visions have always been important in Islamic societies. Yet, their pervasive impact on Muslim communities and on the lives of individual Muslims remains largely unknown and rather surprising to Westerners. This book addresses this gap in understanding with a fascinating and diverse account, taking readers from premodern Islam to the present day. Dreams and visions are shown to have been, and to be, significant in a range of social, educational, and cultural roles. The book includes a wealth of examples detailing the Sufi experience. Contributors use Arabic, Persian, Indian, Central Asian, and Ottoman sources and employ approaches grounded in history, sociology, psychology, anthropology, religious studies, and literary analysis. This is an illuminating work, showing how ordinary Muslims, Muslim notables, Sufis, legal scholars, and rulers have perceived both themselves and the world around them through the prism of dreams and visions.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461904007
1461904005
9781438439952
1438439954

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