Rūmī and the Hermeneutics of Eroticism

Mahdi Tourage (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2007
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-16353-9 (ISBN)

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Drawing on relevant postmodern theories, and exploring the link between the dynamics of eroticism and esotericism, this book establishes the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales in Rūmī’s (d. 1273) Mathnawī, a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature.

This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in Rūmī’s (d. 1273) Mathnawī, a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature and theosophic teachings. Using the relevant features of postmodern theories as strategic conceptual tools, and drawing on the recent interpretations of medieval kabbalistic texts, it is a fascinating examination of the link between the dynamics of eroticism and esotericism operative in Rūmī’s Mathnawī. In some of these bawdy tales, the phallus is used as an esoteric symbol. The book concludes that these tales are used primarily to communicate esoteric secrets, particularly when this communication is contemplated along gender lines, mediated through erotic imagery, or expressed in sexual terms.

Mahdi Tourage, Ph.D. (2005), University of Toronto, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Islam at Colgate University, NY. His scholarly work has appeared in Iranian Studies and Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.11.2007
Reihe/Serie	Iran Studies ; 2
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	615 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	90-04-16353-0 / 9004163530
ISBN-13	978-90-04-16353-9 / 9789004163539
Zustand	Neuware