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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny |
Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alireza Doostdar; Project Muse. |
OCLC Number: | 1027599745 |
Notes: | Book. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
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"Winner of the Vinson Sutlive Book Prize, Anthropology Department of William & Mary" "Winner of the 2018 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association" "Important and highly original."---Nile Green, Los Angeles Review of Books "Alireza Doostdar's The Iranian Metaphysicals stands as a rigorous and thoughtful contribution to this scholarship. Drawing on a rich ethnographic archive, Doostdar gives us a superbly argued and highly original exploration of Iran's 'metaphysical explorers.'"---Charles Hirschkind, Immanent Frame "The Iranian Metaphysicals provides valuable insights not only to scholars of Iran or Islamic studies, but also to those interested in global and comparative approaches to the politics of religion, cultural studies, and histories of the occult."---Elise K. Burton, International Dialogue "It is one of those rare books that, despite its theoretical sophistication, is also equally lively, full of 'uncanny' anecdotes and narratives, filtering through Doostdar's impressive fieldwork, hence an absolute academic page-turner."---Kutlughan Soyubol, Psychoanalysis and History "This book is of fundamental importance for the understanding of Iranian contemporary religiosities. The author grasps both political and religious Iranian specificities as well as global trends influencing alternative spiritualities."---Francesco Piraino, Aries Read more...

