Kavir (book)

Kavir
Front cover
Author Ali Shariati
Original title کویر
Language fa
Publisher unknown

Kavir (Persian: کویر‎, lit. 'Desert') is one of the most important books of Ali Shariati. The book could be considered among his personal writing.

Description

The book, in fact, is to a collection of articles by Shariati. He called them as Kavir. Kavir literally means desert. The book has importance in many dimensions. Kavir also is where shariati was born and raised.[1][2] In fact, Kavir is a metaphor for showing the man’s place on earth after falling. Kavir Also considered as somewhere choose by contemplatives to conduct a spiritually-oriented life. Kavir Also refers to some memories of shariati and also to some his ideas and insights explained in poetical language. Sometimes within the book, Shariati refers to quotations by other mystics and spiritualists in diverse religions. For example he refers to Ayn Al Qozat Hamadani as brother and mentioned a long passage of Hamadani instead of his own introduction. When sharati read the Hamadani’s book, he was very affected by him.[3]

Shariati believes that he prefers writing in place of lecturing and teaching. Also he used the term Kaviriat that refers to the thing through which he lives.[4] He expressed that nearly any of his publication could be considered as a piece of his being.

Also the book is of stylistic dimensions such as paradigmatic axis and interaction one. He used of a historical approach in writing some word like Ghadimeh.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ali Rahnema (2000). An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shariati. I.B.Tauris. p. 144. ISBN 1860645526.
  2. ↑ Hamid Naseem (2001). Muslim Philosophy: Science and Mysticism. Sarup & Sons. p. 291.
  3. ↑ Abdollah Vakili (1991). Ali shariati and the mystical tradition of islam. Institute of Islamic studies, Mc Gill University. pp. 30–37.
  4. ↑ Abdollah Vakili (1991). Ali shariati and the mystical tradition of islam. Institute of Islamic studies, Mc Gill University. pp. 30–37.
  5. ↑ Farhad Sasani (2005). "Stylistic analysis of desert, By Ali Shariati". Human sciences. p. 161-178.
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