{"product_id":"breathing-hearts-sufism-healing-and-anti-muslim-racism-in-germany-9781805391982","title":"Breathing Hearts: Sufism, Healing, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSufism is known as the mystical dimension of Islam. \u003cem\u003eBreathing Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e explores this definition to find out what it means to ‘breathe well’ along the Sufi path in the context of anti-Muslim racism. It is the first book-length ethnographic account of Sufi practices and politics in Berlin and describes how Sufi practices are mobilized in healing secular and religious suffering. It tracks the Desire Lines of multi-ethnic immigrants of \u003cem\u003ecolor\u003c\/em\u003e, and white German interlocutors to show how Sufi practices complicate the post secular imagination of healing in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“It is a significant contribution to the field of Sufi studies as it documents some movements, such as the Tümata-Berlin, that are largely unknown to academic audiences … one of its most remarkable aspects is that it provides an interesting evaluation of Murshida’s work in Western Europe today, an interesting and largely understudied area within Sufi studies.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Marta Domínguez Díaz\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of St. Gallen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eBreathing Hearts\u003cem\u003e is a \"thoroughly researched ethnography in which the author practices what she calls a ‘double apprenticeship’ in which she has acquired an impressive array of skills and knowledge in both anthropology and the practices of Sufism... Selim has produced a work that felicitiously embraces socio-cultural complexity, a task that meets the challenges of social description in turbulent times. Her text, which is derived from the aforementioned dual apprenticeship and features a skillfully produced mix of narrative and analysis, introduces some important concepts... —affective pedagogy, conditions of possibility, structural limitations, embodied religious practices, learning how to learn, and living social life otherwise... I also found the embodied emphasis on “breathing” to be particularly noteworthy—something that takes the reader beyond this ‘ism’ or that ‘ism’ in the latest analytical toolkit.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Paul Stoller\u003c\/strong\u003e, West Chester University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIllustration\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tNote on Transliteration and Translation\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e “A Sufi is Someone Who Breathes Well” The Ways of the Breathing Hearts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Unseen Neighbors and a Dual Apprentice: Silsila, or Drawing the Lines of Transmitting Breath\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e“Why Do I Suffer and What Should I Do?” The Desire Lines of Sufi Breathing-Becoming\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Techniques of Transformation: Subtle-Material Bodies in Dhikr and other (Breathing) Practices\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e“There Must be Something Else” The In-between World of Healing Secular and Religious Suffering\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eParticipation in the Real: The Healing Power of Breath, Words, and Things\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e“The Right-Wing Attacks Our Mosques and Our Muslim Brothers Do Not Consider Us to Be Real Muslims!” the (Anti-)Politics of Breathing Hearts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eLessons from the Breathing Wayfaring Hearts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sufi Breathing in the Pandemic Ruins of (Anti-Muslim) Racism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042816622935,"sku":"9781805391982","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/breathing-hearts-sufism-healing-and-anti-muslim-racism-in-germany-9781805391982","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}