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Nazar:Vision, Belief, and Perception in Islamic Cultures (Hardcover)
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Nazar:Vision, Belief, and Perception in Islamic Cultures (Hardcover)
Series: Islamic History and Civilization, 191
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Nazar, literally 'vision', is a unique Arabic-Islamic term/concept
that offers an analytical framework for exploring the ways in which
Islamic visual culture and aesthetic sensibility have been shaped
by common conceptual tools and moral parameters. It intertwines the
act of 'seeing' with the act of 'reflecting', thereby bringing the
visual and cognitive functions into a complex relationship. Within
the folds of this multifaceted relationship lies an entangled web
of religious ideas, moral values, aesthetic preferences, scientific
precepts, and socio-cultural understandings that underlie the
intricacy of one's personal belief. Peering through the lens of
nazar, the studies presented in this volume unravel aspects of
these entanglements to provide new understandings of how vision,
belief, and perception shape the rich Islamic visual culture.
Contributors: Samer Akkach, James Bennett, Sushma Griffin, Stephen
Hirtenstein, Virginia Hooker, Sakina Nomanbhoy, Shaha Parpia, Ellen
Philpott-Teo, Wendy M.K. Shaw.
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