Dreams That Matter - 9780520258518
Un libro in lingua di Amira Mittermaier edito da Univ of California Pr, 2010
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Dreams that Matter explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. Amira Mittermaier guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss all forms of divination as superstition, a Sufi devotional group that keeps a diary of dreams related to its shaykh, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. In close dialogue with her Egyptian interlocutors, Islamic textual traditions, and Western theorists, Mittermaier teases out the dream's ethical, political, and religious implications. Her book is a provocative examination of how present-day Muslims encounter and engage the Divine that offers a different perspective on the Islamic Revival. Dreams That Matter opens up new spaces for an anthropology of the imagination, inviting us to rethink both the imagined and the real.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Dreams That Matter
- Sottotitolo: Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination
- Autore: Amira Mittermaier
- Editore: Univ of California Pr
- Collana: Univ of California Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 16 Dicembre '10
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Dreams Egypt Dream interpretation Egypt Dreams Religious aspects Islam Case studies
- Pagine: 308
- ISBN-10: 0520258517
- EAN-13: 9780520258518