Mystiques et vagabonds en islam
Alexandre Papas - Collection Patrimoines - islam
Résumé
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'Didn't he find you, an orphan, and give you a home? Didn't he find you erring, and give you guidance? Didn't he find you poor, and give you riches?' Muslim mystics incarnate what the Koran states: if the human condition is to be a poor, wandering orphan, the mystic should be homeless, without a guide or riches. His quest for transcendence should not be encumbered by worldly things. No family, no social bonds, no ambitions or opinions no more futile tasks, ritual or abstruse books life with its little comforts is over. You have to leave at once. That is the spirit of the radical school of Muslim mysticism called Qalandariyya. Preferring a biographical approach to theoretical description, this book gives a detailed account of the initiatory voyages of three qalandar Sufis on the roads of central Asia. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the region, a melting pot of multiple religious traditions, saw the practice of drifting and spiritual vagabondage reappear. Some members of the educated elite left the usual practice of faith to rediscover the spirituality of the deserts and the steppes. Among them, three young men called Mashrab, Zalilmi and Nidai became wandering poets, recounting their adventures. Through these traveller's tales, translated for the first time into a Western language, we can follow their itineraries from the gates of China to Samarkand, with Mecca on the horizon, listening all the while to what they have to tell us about the world and societies. Through their sometimes delirious vision, a whole epoch opens up to us. The medieval order is finally at an end, giving way to modernity, with all its promise and anxiety.
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PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Alexandre Papas |
Collection | Patrimoines - islam |
Parution | 25/11/2010 |
Format | 13.9 x 21.6 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 454g |
EAN13 | 9782204092944 |
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