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Dreams That Matter
Amira Mittermaier
其他書名
Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination
出版
University of California Press
, 2011
主題
Religion / General
Religion / Islam / General
Social Science / General
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Islamic Studies
ISBN
0520258509
9780520258501
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=U-clDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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"This brilliant study presents contemporary anthropology at its best. Whether one's goal is understanding the permeability of traditions and modernities or the changing shape of religious imagination and thought in one of the most pivotal countries of the Middle East, this book is an outstanding point of departure."—Dale F. Eickelman, author of
The Middle East and Central Asia: An Anthropological Approach, 4th ed.
"
Dreams That Matter
is an insightful and well-crafted study of the practice of dreaming in contemporary Egypt. Mittermaier provides a superb analysis of the imaginative repertoires of Islamic traditions and shows how the dream has remained not only a site of Muslim scholarly interest, but an important part of the way ordinary Muslims encounter and engage with the divine."—Charles Hirschkind, author of
Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad and His Interlocutors
"Amira Mittermaier has given us the most complete anthropological study of dream culture in the Middle East—perhaps in any culture. It is a sensitive, intellectually challenging, indeed a courageous, investigation of the psychological, ontological, and ethical assumptions that lie behind dreams, visions, and dream-visitations in contemporary Egypt—where the dream is a vibrant site of political, religious, and interpretive contest.
Dreams That Matter
will rank among the most important contributions to the anthropology of the imagination for years to come."—Vincent Crapanzano, author of
The Harkis: The Wound That Never Heals