Sacred suffering and the construction of political spirituality in the Iranian Shiism discourse
This article tries to discuss this claim that Shia or as Henry Corbin puts it, “Iranian Islam,” is a discourse of political spirituality based on sacred suffering and governmentality (in Foucault's terms). The author aims to answer these questions: What do sacred suffering and governmentality m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2023
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-186 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran
/ Shi'ah
/ Suffering
/ Holiness
/ Governmentality
/ Imamat
/ Spirituality
/ Politics
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa ZC Politics in general |
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Twelver Shia
B Iranian Shiism B antagonism B political spirituality B sacred suffering B Governmentality B political religion discourse |
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