{"product_id":"anarchist-artist-sufi-9781350229563","title":"Anarchist Artist Sufi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book follows the life of Ivan Aguéli, the artist, anarchist, and esotericist, notable as one of the earliest Western intellectuals to convert to Islam and to explore Sufism. This book explores different aspects of his life and activities, revealing each facet of Aguéli's complex personality in its own right. It then shows how esotericism, art, and anarchism finally found their fulfillment in Sufi Islam.     The authors analyze how Aguéli's life and conversion show that Islam occupied a more central place in modern European intellectual history than is generally realized. His life reflects several major modern intellectual, political, and cultural trends. This book is an important contribution to understanding how he came to Islam, the values and influences that informed his life, andultimatelythe role he played in the modern Western reception of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magnificent book. * Bitter Winter *\u003cbr\u003eAnarchist, animal rights activist, artist, and Sufi mystic, Ivan Aguéli travelled the world in his quest for knowledge. \u003ci\u003eAnarchist, Artist, Sufi\u003c\/i\u003e brings the life of this remarkable visionary to light in a multifaceted study that is stimulating, insightful, and path-breaking. * Allan Antliff, Professor of Art History and Visual Studies, University of Victoria, Canada, and author of Anarchist Modernism: Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde (2001). *\u003cbr\u003eA biographical study of how the teachings of medieval Muslim mystics found new meaning in the artistic underground of Belle Époque Paris, this fascinating volume explores the cross-cultural encounter between one society’s traditions and another’s avant-garde. * Nile Green, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Sufism: A Global History (2012). *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Ivan Aguéli: politics, painting and esotericism, \u003ci\u003eMark Sedgwick (Aarhus University, Denmark)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Ivan Aguéli, the Anarchist Artist\u003c\/b\u003e 2.      Ivan Aguéli’s life and work, \u003ci\u003eViveca Wessel (formerly Moderna Museet, Sweden) \u003c\/i\u003e 3. Exploring the territories of the avant-garde: Ivan Aguéli and the institutions of his time, \u003ci\u003eAnnika Öhrner (Södertörn University, Sweden)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Ivan Aguéli the esotericist in reality and fiction, \u003ci\u003ePer Faxneld (Södertörn University, Sweden)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Ivan Aguéli’s monotheistic landscapes: From perspectival to solar logics, \u003ci\u003eSimon Sorgenfrei (Södertörn University, Sweden)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Painting the sacred as an initiatic path: Art and Cubism in the eyes of Ivan Aguéli, \u003ci\u003eThierry Zarcone (CNRS, Paris, France)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. “Kill the audience:” Ivan Aguéli’s moralistic utopia of anarchism and Islam, \u003ci\u003eAnthony T. Fiscella (Formerly Lund University, Sweden)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart II:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Ivan \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAguéli the Sufi\u003c\/b\u003e 8. Ivan Aguéli's second period in Egypt, 1902–09: The intellectual spheres around \u003ci\u003eIl Convito\/Al-Nadi, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul-André Claudel (University of Nantes, France)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Sufi Teachings for pro-Islamic Politics: Ivan Aguéli and \u003ci\u003eIl Convito, Alessandra Marchi (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Cagliari, Italy)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Ivan Aguéli and the legacy of Emir Abdelkader, \u003ci\u003eIheb Guermazi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Ivan Aguéli’s humanist vision: Islam, Sufism and universalism, \u003ci\u003eMeir Hatina (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Feminism and the Divine Feminine: An exploration of female elements in Ivan Aguéli and subsequent Traditionalist thought, \u003ci\u003eMarcia Hermansen (Loyola University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart III:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Ivan Aguéli and Traditionalism\u003c\/b\u003e 13. The significance of Ivan Aguéli for the traditionalist movement, \u003ci\u003eMark Sedgwick (Aarhus University, Denmark)\u003c\/i\u003e 14. What is esotericism in art? Ivan Aguéli’s art versus the Traditionalists’ “traditional Art,” \u003ci\u003ePatrick Ringgenberg (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Writings by Ivan Aguéli\u003c\/b\u003e 15.   Letter from Paris 16.   Letter from Ceylon  17.  The Enemies of Islam  18.  Pure Art 19.  Universality in Islam   Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019640799575,"sku":"9781350229563","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350229563.jpg?v=1750780874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/anarchist-artist-sufi-9781350229563","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}