Rumi and the Hermeneutics of Eroticism - Rilegato

Tourage, Mahdi

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 9004163530 ISBN 13: 9789004163539

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 2007

Riassunto

This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in Rumi's (d. 1273) Mathnawi, 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 Rumi's Mathnawi. 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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9004163530
• ISBN 13: 9789004163539
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 260