Temporal, mystic and religious love: the poetry of the Taliban
Temporal, mystic and religious love: the poetry of the Taliban
Author(s): Mateusz KłagiszSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Special Branches of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Language, History of Islam
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: poetry;Taliban;human love;divine love;religious love
Summary/Abstract: Mina, Mohabbat and ishq are three pashto words used to name two kinds of love. The first is more human while the second is divine or mystical. In this paper I have tried to analyse the poetry of the Taliban, paying special attention to the question of the aforementioned kinds of love: human, di‑vine and religous. I decided to do that because until now most of the re‑searchers working on the Talibanʼs songs have focussed more on their po‑litical, propaganda and religious message, with very little work dedicated to its ‘human’ character. This is why I have presented several poems se‑lected from the collection Poetry of the Taliban by Alex Strick van Lin‑schoten and Felix Kuehn (Gurgaon 2012) and enhanced my study with some comments.
Journal: Estetyka i Krytyka
- Issue Year: 37/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 9-27
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English