{"product_id":"thus-spake-the-dervish-caroline-kraabel-9789004398504","title":"Thus Spake the Dervish: Sufism, Language, and the Religious Margins in Central Asia, 1400-1900","description":"\u003ci\u003eThus Spake the Dervish\u003c\/i\u003e explores the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years. It draws on various sources (Persian chronicles and treatises, Turkic literature, Russian and French ethnography, the author's fieldwork) to examine five successive cases, each of which corresponds to a time period, a specific socially marginal space, and a particular use of mystical language. Including an extensive selection of writings by dervishes, this book demonstrates the diversity and tenacity of Central Asian Sufism over a long period. Here translated into a Western language for the first time, the extracts from primary texts by marginal Sufis allow a rare insight into their world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The original French edition of this book, \u003ci\u003eAinsi parlait le dervice\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Editions du Cerf (Paris, France). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Translated by Caroline Kraabel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Kraabel,Alexandre Papas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004398503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004398504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Caroline Kraabel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48996330340607,"sku":"9789004398504","price":169.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thus-spake-the-dervish-caroline-kraabel-9789004398504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}