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- Title
Unknowing and the Everyday: Sufism and Knowledge in Iran, By Seema Golestaneh.
- Authors
Xavier, Merin Shobhana
- Abstract
Seema Golestaneh's book, "Unknowing and the Everyday: Sufism and Knowledge in Iran," provides an ethnographic study of Sufism in contemporary Iran. The book explores the concept of ma'rifat, which is translated as "unknowing" in Sufi traditions. Golestaneh engages with Sufi interlocutors to understand their ways of knowing through rituals such as zekr and sama'. The book also delves into the historical context of Sufism in Iran and examines the practices of textual hermeneutics, bodily relationality, memory, and place within Sufi communities. This well-written and insightful study offers a valuable perspective on Sufism and Islamic mysticism in Iran.
- Subjects
IRAN; SUFISM; URBAN beautification; PRAXIS (Process); DREAM interpretation; MIND-wandering; LITERARY interpretation
- Publication
Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 2023, Vol 91, Issue 2, p498
- ISSN
0002-7189
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jaarel/lfad077