Mystics, Monarchs, and Messiahs: Cultural Landscapes of Early Modern Iran

Mystics, Monarchs, and Messiahs: Cultural Landscapes of Early Modern Iran
ISBN-10
0932885284
ISBN-13
9780932885289
Category
History
Pages
575
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Harvard CMES
Author
Kathryn Babayan

Description

Focusing on idealists and visionaries who believed that Justice could reign in our world, this book explores the desire to experience utopia on earth. Reluctant to await another existence, individuals with ghuluww, or exaggeration, emerged at the advent of Islam, expecting to attain the apocalyptic horizon of Truth.

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