Douglas S. Farrer

Shadows of the Prophet (eBook, PDF)

Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402093562
• Artikelnr.: 37354385

Autorenporträt

Inhaltsangabe

---

List of Maps, Tables and Genealogies. List of Illustrations. Dramatis Personae.- Part I: Reflections. 1. Seni Silat Haqq Melayu: A Sufi Martial Art. 2. Silat: Art, Magic and Performance.- Part II: Echoes. 3. The Performance of Enchantment. 4. The Enchantment of Performance.- Part III: Doubles. 5. The Guru Silat. 6. Social and Aesthetic Drama.- Part IV: Shadows. 7. Divination and Revelation. 8. Deathscapes of the Malay Martial Artist.- Appendix A: Basic Motions of Pattern Formation. Appendix B: The Golden Chain.- References.- Index.

Rezensionen

"Shadows of the Prophet is the eagerly awaited monograph on the practice of silat - the Malay art of self defence - based on extended ethnographic research by anthropologist, and silat adept, Douglas Farrer. This is a genuinely pathbreaking work which returns the ethnography of the Malay World to some of its traditional concerns, at the same time revealing the formative influence of so-called 'mystical' Sufi traditions on the religious life of modern Malays. A must read for anyone with an interest in modern forms of religious mysticism, 'traditional' martial arts in the contemporary world and the Sufi undercurrents in Southeast Asian Islam at the turn of the 21st century". Joel S. Kahn, La Trobe University, Australia "This book exemplifies the potentials of performance ethnography. Being himself a dedicated practitioner of martial arts there is no doubt that Farrer has achieved insights into his subject that have not been available to other researchers. No other work on silat has achieved this level of inside understanding of the phenomenon or of its remarkably transnationalised context today, nor has there been one that at the same time has so much new to say about Islam, art, embodiment and performance." Roxana Waterson, National University of Singapore