Self and secrecy in early Islam
Ruqayya Yasmine Khan
Self and secrecy in early Islam
Author
Ruqayya Yasmine KhanPublisher
University of South Carolina PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Self and secrecy in early Islam / Ruqayya Yasmine KhanPublication Details
کلمبیا : University of South Carolina Press، 2008مPhysical Description
xii, 186 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Islamic literature, Arabic History and criticismSecrecy in literature
Self in literature
series
(Studies in comparative religion؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]171[-181( and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Self and secrecy in the Quran -- Sharing and withholding secrets: God, faith, and worship in the Quran -- Self as cipher in Kitab kitman al-sirr (Book of concealing the secret) -- The rhetoric of the secret: love, sexuality, and the body -- Toward a literary archaeology of the private and the secret -- Conclusion