商品簡介
Known primarily as a masterpiece of Perso-Islamic mystical medieval literature and theosophic teachings, Rumi's Mathnawi is also known for its explicit sexual material and ribald tales. Here Tourage (religion and Islam, Colgate U.) draws upon recent interpretations of medieval kabbalistic texts to analyze the links between eroticism and the esotericism of the Mathnawi. Tourage takes a Lacanian approach to Rumi's phallocentric esotericism, for example, and finds the phallus and other references to be bearers of esoteric secrets, particularly when used along gender lines, related through erotic imagery, or expressed in sexual terms. Particularly interesting is Tourage's analysis of two miniature paintings of the Mathnawi bawdy tales, in which the subjects learn the secret of the symbol and the secret of the gaze. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Mahdi Tourage is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Islam at Colgate University, NY.
