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An illuminating story of a Sufi community that sought the
revelation of God. In the Afghan highlands of the sixteenth
century, the messianic community known as the Roshaniyya not only
desired to find God’s word and to abide by it but also attempted
to practice God’s word and to develop techniques of language
intended to render their own tongues as the organs of continuous
revelation. As their critics would contend, however, the Roshaniyya
attempted to make language do something that language should not
do—infuse the semiotic with the divine. Their story thus ends in
a tower of skulls, the proliferation of heresiographies that
detailed the sins of the Roshaniyya, and new formations of
“Afghan” identity. In Singing with the Mountains, William E. B.
Sherman finds something extraordinary about the Roshaniyya, not
least because the first known literary use of vernacular Pashto
occurs in an eclectic, Roshani imitation of the Qur’an. The story
of the Roshaniyya exemplifies a religious culture of linguistic
experimentation. In the example of the Roshaniyya, we discover a
set of questions and anxieties about the capacities of language
that pervaded Sufi orders, imperial courts, groups of wandering
ascetics, and scholastic networks throughout Central and South
Asia. In telling this tale, Sherman asks the following questions:
How can we make language shimmer with divine truth? How can letters
grant sovereign power and form new “ethnic” identities and ways
of belonging? How can rhyme bend our conceptions of time so that
the prophetic past comes to inhabit the now of our collective
moment? By analyzing the ways in which the Roshaniyya answered
these types of questions—and the ways in which their answers were
eventually rejected as heresies—this book offers new insight into
the imaginations of religious actors in the late medieval and early
modern Persianate worlds.
An illuminating story of a Sufi community that sought the
revelation of God. In the Afghan highlands of the sixteenth
century, the messianic community known as the Roshaniyya not only
desired to find God’s word and to abide by it but also attempted
to practice God’s word and to develop techniques of language
intended to render their own tongues as the organs of continuous
revelation. As their critics would contend, however, the Roshaniyya
attempted to make language do something that language should not
do—infuse the semiotic with the divine. Their story thus ends in
a tower of skulls, the proliferation of heresiographies that
detailed the sins of the Roshaniyya, and new formations of
“Afghan” identity. In Singing with the Mountains, William E. B.
Sherman finds something extraordinary about the Roshaniyya, not
least because the first known literary use of vernacular Pashto
occurs in an eclectic, Roshani imitation of the Qur’an. The story
of the Roshaniyya exemplifies a religious culture of linguistic
experimentation. In the example of the Roshaniyya, we discover a
set of questions and anxieties about the capacities of language
that pervaded Sufi orders, imperial courts, groups of wandering
ascetics, and scholastic networks throughout Central and South
Asia. In telling this tale, Sherman asks the following questions:
How can we make language shimmer with divine truth? How can letters
grant sovereign power and form new “ethnic” identities and ways
of belonging? How can rhyme bend our conceptions of time so that
the prophetic past comes to inhabit the now of our collective
moment? By analyzing the ways in which the Roshaniyya answered
these types of questions—and the ways in which their answers were
eventually rejected as heresies—this book offers new insight into
the imaginations of religious actors in the late medieval and early
modern Persianate worlds.
The Key To Health And Prosperity, From Leading Physicians Of The
United States, Berlin, London And Vienna; Recipes For Cook, Farmer,
Artisan, And Business Man; Antidotes For Poisons, Latin Names For
Drugs In English; A Fund Of Useful Facts For Everybody.
When blonde, Rubenesque paralegal Jenny Taylor is coaxed by her
boss Lissa to a dance sponsored by the Midwestern chapter of
RADFAm, a national fat advocacy organization, this wild new
romantic world throws her into a spin. For within the group's gang
of full-figured friends and their admirers lies the tantalizing
chance for love and betrayal, couplings and contretemps. The
well-rounded cast of suds-worthy singles includes: Misty Shores,
super-sized spiritual guide and entrepreneuse; Greg Dillman,
Armani-armored chubby chaser on the prowl; Connie Donovan, a
raven-tressed and roundly rumped fashion diva who mows a swath of
spurned paramours; Paul Daily, a lanky teacher who learns more than
he'd imagined about plump pretties; and Joseph Rivera, a hunky sous
chef forever seeking a BBW who measures up to his ideal. It's
robust, comic romance as Jenny and her friends flesh out the truth
about soap opera: It's not just for the rich and slender. Taken
from the online cyber-serial, Measure By Measure is a Tales of the
City for the fat and fabulous
The Key To Health And Prosperity, From Leading Physicians Of The
United States, Berlin, London And Vienna; Recipes For Cook, Farmer,
Artisan, And Business Man; Antidotes For Poisons, Latin Names For
Drugs In English; A Fund Of Useful Facts For Everybody.
The essays in "The Hand and the Soul" explore the question of
how ethical ideas guiding the design process--a concern for the
environment or for social justice--relate to the beauty of our
buildings, cities, and artworks. The book presents a range of
viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of
ethics and aesthetics. Yet the majority of contributors, among them
historians, theorists, as well practicing designers and artists,
argue passionately in defense of the idea that the good and the
beautiful can and should be able to find a common ground in the
design disciplines.
The book begins with an exploration of recent difficulties in
pairing ethics and aesthetics. Can one effect a philosophical
convergence of these elements, or is it dangerous to conflate moral
and aesthetic terms? The discussion continues with considerations
of the overlap that occurs between the fine arts and the design
disciplines, the intersection of aesthetic theory and practice with
sustainability and environmental science, and the concept of "open
works"--projects whose design processes are flexible,
nonhierarchical, and attuned to the unique features of a particular
place or cultural situation. The book concludes with a look at
several contrasting ideas developed in the essays and examines
ethics as a desire for community, as well as a sense of
responsibility, an obligation to contemplate not only what
buildings offer us but also what they may take away.
In juxtaposing the work of historians and theorists with that of
practicing designers and artists, "The Hand and the Soul, " whose
title is drawn from an essay by American artist Philip Guston,
seeks to bridge the divide between theory and practice, between
abstract ethical or aesthetic concepts and practical ways of making
tangible artifacts. In a field dominated by esoteric studies and,
at the other extreme, primarily illustrated works, "The Hand and
the Soul" offers a vital discussion that is at once theoretically
rigorous and grounded in the practice of art, architecture,
landscape architecture, and urbanism.
Contributors
Richard Shusterman * Joan Ockman * Howard Singerman * Robin
Dripps * Nathaniel Coleman * Thomas Berding * Steven A. Moore *
William Sherman * Timothy Beatley * Elissa Rosenberg * Phoebe
Crisman * Sanda Iliescu * W. G. Clark
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