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Aligarh : French Historian and scholar of Islamic mysticism Dr. Alexandre Papas (French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris) discussed various aspects of Sufi studies and scholarships in the European landscape emerging from the early
This volume describes the social and practical aspects of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) across centuries and geographical regions. Its authors seek to transcend ethereal, essentialist and “spiritualizing” approaches to Sufism, on the one hand, and purely pragmatic and materialistic explanations of its origins and history, on the other. Covering five topics (Sufism’s economy, social role of Sufis, Sufi spaces, politics, and organization), the volume shows that mystics have been active socio-religious agents who could skillfully adjust to the conditions of their time and place, wh...