Sufi Narratives of Intimacy
Ibn 'Arab
Sa'diyya Shaikh
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 03/2012
Pages: 304
Subject: Religion, Social Science
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Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807869864
DESCRIPTION
Shaikh deftly deconstructs traditional binaries between the spiritual and the political, private conceptions of spiritual development and public notions of social justice, and the realms of inner refinement and those of communal virtue. Drawing on the treasured works of Sufism, Shaikh raises a number of critical questions about the nature of selfhood, subjectivity, spirituality, and society to contribute richly to the prospects of Islamic feminism as well as feminist ethics more broadly.