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The Discourses: Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature--Volume One

The Discourses: Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature--Volume One

Al-Yūsī, Al-Ḥasan
Stearns, Justin
Stearns, Justin

Hardcover

Series: Library of Arabic Literature, Book 16

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0814764576
ISBN13: 9780814764572
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: Feb 25 2020
Pages: 530
Weight: 2.15
Height: 2.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life

Al-Hasan al-Yusi was arguably the most influential and well-known Moroccan intellectual figure of his generation. In 1084/1685, at the age of roughly fifty-four, and after a long and distinguished career, this Amazigh scholar from the Middle Atlas began writing a collection of short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Completed three years later and gathered together under the title Discourses on Language and Literature (al-Muhadarat fi l-adab wa-l-lughah), they offer rich insight into the varied intellectual interests of an ambitious and gifted Moroccan scholar, covering subjects as diverse as genealogy, theology, Sufism, history, and social mores.

In addition to representing the author's intellectual interests, The Discourses also includes numerous autobiographical anecdotes, which offer valuable insight into the history of Morocco, including the transition from the Saadian to the Alaouite dynasty, which occurred during al-Yusi's lifetime. Translated into English for the first time, The Discourses offers readers access to the intellectual landscape of the early modern Muslim world through an author who speaks openly and frankly about his personal life and his relationships with his country's rulers, scholars, and commoners.

A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

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