Esoteric Traditions in Islamic Thought

Esoteric Traditions in Islamic ThoughtA rich anthology of works on knowledge in Islam illuminated by insightful commentary from a leading scholar in the field The notion of esoteric knowledge is one of the pillars of Islamic intellectual tradition. Though most visible in Sufism, it also dominated the first three and a half centuries of Shiite thought. In this rich anthology, Leonard Lewisohn explores Islamic esotericism through the works of eleven authors who flourished in Persia, Central

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probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas

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told through an ostensibly marginal event: the birth of a class of “merchant clerks” in the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century

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dispatched to bring Sarajevo’s landowners to heel

fresh approach to language

Normal People is a story of mutual fascination

In Accounting for Capitalism

and ruminations

colouring and shading our understanding and appreciation of her extraordinary talent

A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism