{"product_id":"9781350200180","title":"Esoteric Islam in Modern French Thought Massignon, Corbin, Jambet","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Directions in Religion and Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEsoteric Islam in Modern French Thought\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMassignon, Corbin, Jambet\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eZiad Elmarsafy | Emma Mason | Mark Knight\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhy would a devout Catholic, a committed Protestant, and a Maoist atheist devote their lives and work to the study of esoteric aspects of Islam? How are these aspects 'good to think with'? What are the theoretical and intellectual problems to which they provide solutions? These are the questions at the heart of \u003ci\u003eEsoteric Islam in Modern French Thought\u003c\/i\u003e. The three French specialists of Islam described above form an intellectual and personal genealogy that structures the core of the text: Massignon taught Corbin, who taught Jambet in his turn. Each of them found in the esoteric a solution to otherwise insurmountable problems: desire for Massignon, certainty for Corbin, and resurrection\/immortality for Jambet. Over the course of three long chapters focused on the life and work of each writer, the book maps the central place of esoteric Islam in the intellectual life of twentieth and twenty-first century France.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZiad Elmarsafy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Comparative Literature at King's College London. His publications include \u003ci\u003eSufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 July 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350200180\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936326877324,"sku":"9781350200180","price":38.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2aee647f-cb10-477b-9229-89c804573843.jpg?v=1786017549","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350200180","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}