Spirit of the Mind
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-71902-6 (ISBN)
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In Spirit of the Mind, Sanaullah Khan delves into Islamic perspectives on the soul and its implications for spirituality and self-cultivation. Despite varying views on the soul's composition, a shared belief has persisted among theologians, scholars, preachers and reformists that it bears traces of the divine. Thus, drawing closer to God and gaining knowledge of nature involve returning to the soul's natural state of perfection. Central to Islamic thought is the struggle between the soul and the nafs (lower self), embodying carnal desires. In this context, achieving closeness to God requires purifying the soul to control the nafs. Khan traces a genealogy of the Islamic notion of the soul by exploring disturbances of the soul through Greek humoral theory, notions of spiritual weakness as deviation from perfection, the heart representing the seat of the soul, and the soul's aspiration for the divine light (nur) for its purification. Khan reflects on Islamic notions of the self through the tradition of the Perfect Man, which emphasizes spiritual ascent and divine proximity. Overall, the monograph offers a nuanced exploration of the soul's significance in Islamic thought, highlighting what thinkers have considered as the path to divine proximity and enlightenment.
Sanaullah Khan is an Assistant Professor in Medical Anthropology at the University of Akron, OH. Previously, he served as a lecturer in Medical Anthropology at Brandeis University. In the past, he also taught Medical Anthropology at the University of Delaware. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Johns Hopkins University. His peer-reviewed articles have appeared in Ethos, Medical History, Journal of South Asian Anthropology, Journal of Asian Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Culture and Society in South Asia and Critical Military Studies. He is also the co-editor of Globalization, Displacement and Psychiatry (Routledge, 2023).
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Imbalances of the Soul
2 Purification and Divine Disclosure
3 The Centrality of the Heart
4 The Reception of Light (Nur)
5 Conclusion
References
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Psychology |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-71902-4 / 9004719024 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-71902-6 / 9789004719026 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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