Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life
Al-?asan al-Y?s? 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-Y?s?'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.
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The Discourses
Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One
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The Discourses
Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Letter from the General Editor
- About this Paperback
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Notes to the Introduction
- The Discourses, Volume One
- Chapter 1
- Notes
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Chronology of Major Events Relevant to The Discourses
- Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Index of Qurʾanic Verses
- Index of Hadith
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Translator
- The Library of Arabic Literature
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