Sufi Castigator

Sufi Castigator: Ahmad Kasravi and the Iranian Mystical Tradition (Routledgecurzon Sufi Studies)

Sufi Castigator was written by and Lloyd Ridgeon. The 256 page book was published by Routledge in 2006 with an ISBN 10 of 1134373988. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Sufi Castigator mentions 1 serial killers including Ali Asghar Borujerdi. The author Lloyd Ridgeon has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

Sufi Castigator investigates the writings of Ahmad Kasravi, one of the foremost intellectuals in Iran. It studies his work within the context of Sufism in modern Iran and mystical Persian literature and includes translations of Kasravi’s writings. Kasravi provides a fascinating topic for those with interests in Sufism and Iranian studies as he attempted to produce a form of Iranian identity that he believed was compatible with the modern age and Iranian nationalism. His stress on reason and the de-mystification of religion caused him to repudiate Sufism and much of the Sufi literary heritage as backwards and believed it a reason for the weakness of modern Iran. Kasravi’s historical observations were weak, and his writings indicate that he w...