Neither Belief nor Unbelief : : Intentional Ambivalence in al-Maʿarrī’s Luzūm / / Sona Grigoryan.
The book re-examines the religious thought and receptions of the Syrian poet Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d.1057) and one of his best known works - Luzūm mā lā yalzam (The Self-Imposed Unnecessity), a collection of poems, which, although widely studied, needs a thorough re-evaluation regarding matters of...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East ,
45 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XI, 204 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Some Matters of Usage -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Milieu and Life: al-Maʿarrī in Context -- Chapter 2 Luzūmīyāt -- Chapter 3 Between Belief and Unbelief—Early Treatments and Responses -- Chapter 4 Between Belief and Unbelief—Modern Readings and Receptions -- Chapter 5 Neither Belief nor Unbelief— Intentional Ambivalence -- Chapter 6 Contradictions in Luzūmīyāt -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Verses of Luzūm in Arabic -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | The book re-examines the religious thought and receptions of the Syrian poet Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d.1057) and one of his best known works - Luzūm mā lā yalzam (The Self-Imposed Unnecessity), a collection of poems, which, although widely studied, needs a thorough re-evaluation regarding matters of (un)belief. Given the contradictory nature of al-Maʿarrī’s oeuvre and Luzūm in particular, there have been two major trends in assessing al-Maʿarrī’s religious thought in modern scholarship. One presented al-Maʿarrī as an unbeliever and a freethinker arguing that through contradictions, he practiced taqīya, i.e., dissimulation in order to avoid persecution. The other, often apologetically, presented al-Maʿarrī as a sincere Muslim. This study proposes that the notion of ambivalence is a more appropriate analytical tool to apply to the reading of Luzūm, specifically in matters of belief. This ambivalence is directly conditioned by the historical and intellectual circumstances al-Maʿarrī lived in and he intentionally left it unsolved and intense as a robust stance against claims of certainty. Going beyond reductive interpretations, the notion of ambivalence allows for an integrative paradigm in dealing with contradictions and dissonance. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110773644 9783111175782 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110994544 9783110994537 |
ISSN: | 2198-0853 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110773644 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sona Grigoryan. |