The Conceptualization of Guardianship in Iranian Intellectual History (1800–1989)

Download or read book The Conceptualization of Guardianship in Iranian Intellectual History (1800–1989) written by Leila Chamankhah and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of the concept of wilāya and its developments among Shīʿī scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations of wilāya through the examination and interpretation of key texts. She focuses on the influence of ibn ʿArabī’s mysticism, with regard to the conception of wilāya, on his Shīʿa successors and expositors in later centuries. She also discusses the development and transformation of the conception of wilāya over two hundred years, from the esoteric school of Shaykhīsm to the politicization of wilāya in the theory of wilāyat al-faqīh.