Learning the Elsewhere of "Inner Space": The Affective Pedagogy of Post-Secular Sufi Healing in Germany
How is access to the Elsewhere facilitated through affective pedagogy in a contemporary Sufi setting in Germany? This article draws analytical lessons from Inayati healing seminars that took place in the summer of 2013. Participants were instructed to feel the Elsewhere of "inner space" in...
| Otros títulos: | "Special Section: Elsewhere Affects" |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| En: |
Religion and society
Año: 2020, Volumen: 11, Número: 1, Páginas: 105-119 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
fleeting affects
B affective pedagogy B Healing B Inayati Sufism B Elsewhere B post-secularity B Germany |
| Acceso en línea: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | How is access to the Elsewhere facilitated through affective pedagogy in a contemporary Sufi setting in Germany? This article draws analytical lessons from Inayati healing seminars that took place in the summer of 2013. Participants were instructed to feel the Elsewhere of "inner space" in the material/corporeal realities by attuning to breath, sonic resonance, collective movement, and attentive listening. The affective pedagogy of the teacher extended the spatial-temporal coordinates of the Elsewhere (as framed by Mittermaier) to include "fleeting affects" among its unknown elements. These pedagogic tactics entangled religious and secular life-worlds with aesthetic and therapeutic traditions. Learning to feel the unknown affects emanating from the Elsewhere in this setting aimed to provide existential resources to cope with the everyday struggles of post-secular life. |
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| ISSN: | 2150-9301 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Religion and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3167/arrs.2020.110108 |
