Unravelling Nonrational Beliefs in Arab Mythology

Hasan El-Shamy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

410 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-4672-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Beliefs are viewed as psychological 'attitudes' made up of cognition, sentiment, and action tendency (rituals). Informal beliefs and rituals derive credibility from formal religions like Islam and Christianity, which are centred on a deity and organized clergy, placing them outside Arab mythology. Knowledge within this framework falls into three types: rational, which is scientifically verifiable, irrational, which can be proven false, and nonrational, which lies beyond verification and is rooted in feelings. The nonrational category includes beliefs in deities, spirits, and supernatural forces (e.g., Osiris, ghosts, or barakah). Arab mythology is made up of these nonrational beliefs, existing in a space similar to emotions like love or hate, where beliefs in sacred beings and forces thrive without requiring scientific proof.

Autor

Hasan El-Shamy's obtained his BA in 1959 in Arabic and Islamic Studies, at Ain Shams/(Heliopolis) University, Cairo, Egypt. In I959-60, he enrolled in an Intensive Graduate Program in Educational Psychology, at Heliopolis University's Graduate School of Education, where he gained knowledge of aspects of "learning theory", "laboratory techniques" and "curricular systems". In 1960, he won a Fulbright Award to study folklore at Indiana University, USA, where he gained initial experience in theoretical anthropology, philosophy of religion and mythology, African studies, and aspects of "learning", and "cultural differences". However, the essence of his research crystallized in his PhD (1967), offering for the first time in the discipline of folklore the concept of "Folkloric Behavior', an integrative approach combining Folklore, Psychology, and Anthropology. An international authority on "Social Psychology and Vicarious Instigation" agreed to serve as a member of his PhD committee, thus helping for the first time to convert folklore from a literary discipline into a social scientific as well as a "humanistic" discipline.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.06.2025
• Verlagsort: Newcastle upon Tyne
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 212 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• ISBN-10: 1-0364-4672-7 / 1036446727
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0364-4672-7 / 9781036446727
• Zustand: Neuware