Sufism and surrealism
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Sufism and surrealism
Saqi, 2005
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- Other Title
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Ṣūfīyah wa-al-sūryālīyah
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Ṣūfīyah wa-al-sūryālīyah
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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First published in Arabic as al-Sufiyya wal surriyaliyya, 1995
Includes bibliographical references and index
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At first glance Sufism and Surrealism appear to be as far removed from one another as is possible. Adonis, however, draws convincing parallels between the two, contesting that God, in the traditional sense of the word, does not exist in Surrealism or in Sufism, and that both are engaged in parallel quests for the nature of the absolute, through 'holy madness' and the deregulation of the senses. This is a remarkable investigation into the common threads of thought that run through seemingly polarised philosophies from East and West, written by a man Edward Said referred to as 'the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arab modernity'.
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