Nund Rishi : poetry and politics in medieval Kashmir /

Nund Rishi : poetry and politics in medieval Kashmir /

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Author / Creator:	Bazaz, Abir, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xii, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Nund-Rishi -- Criticism and interpretation. Nund-Rishi -- Religion. Nund-Rishi Negative theology -- Islam. Politics and literature -- India -- Jammu and Kashmir. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13451135

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ISBN:	9781009100458 1009100459 9781009118811
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book is a critical study of the mystical poetry of Nund Rishi (1378-1440), the founder of the Kashmiri Sufi order called the Rishi Order, who is revered and remembered by most Kashmiris as 'Alamdār-e Kashmir, or the flag-bearerof Kashmir. The author breaks with the dominant perceptions of Nund Rishi as a quietistic Sufi and argues that the themes of Islam, death, the Nothing, and the apocalyptic in his poetry are a form of negative theology. Nund Rishi's negative theology is presented as a discourse on the transcendent which relies on negations rather than affirmations that disclose an existential politics. It explores Nund Rishi's mystical poetry not only within its historical context but also in relation to religious and political controversies in medieval Kashmir. The book locates the negative theology of Nund Rishi as one form, among others, of the "negative path" across regions in the medieval Indo-Persian world"--
Other form:	Online version: Bazaz, Abir. Nund Rishi Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009118811

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