Emotion and Islamic Hagiology: A Post-taxonomic Approach

The study of emotion in Islamic hagiology remains largely uninterrogated, as visible in elliptical descriptions that classify particular texts, bodily gestures, or utterances as “emotive.” I advocate for a shift from taxonomic approaches to emotion to a focus on function in narrative hagiographies....

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Autor principal: Yep, Stephanie (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Brill 2023
En: Method & theory in the study of religion
Año: 2023, Volumen: 35, Número: 1, Páginas: 24-54
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Sentimiento / Islam / Hagiografía / Narratividad / Afectividad / Estupor
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AE Psicología de la religión
AG Vida religiosa
BJ Islam
KCD Hagiografía
Otras palabras clave:B Muhammad
B Islamic Studies
B Narrative
B Hagiography
B Emotion
B Affect
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Sumario:The study of emotion in Islamic hagiology remains largely uninterrogated, as visible in elliptical descriptions that classify particular texts, bodily gestures, or utterances as “emotive.” I advocate for a shift from taxonomic approaches to emotion to a focus on function in narrative hagiographies. I argue that emotion provides a rich analytic category for understanding the dynamic relationship between texts and bodies in the hagiographical process, as well as the multiplicity of bodies that are involved or implicated. To illustrate this framework, I provide readings of narratives in the sīra (biographies of Muḥammad) which depict bodily manifestations of awe when in Muḥammad’s presence. Endorsing the position that the hagiographical process is constantly under negotiation, these analyses reveal that emotional practices are crucial to understanding the relationality between exemplary persons, biographers, characters, and readers.
ISSN:1570-0682
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700682-bja10076