O Ty, z jakiejkolwiek przychodzisz krainy, przeczytaj opowiedzianą pieśń…
Oh, Thou! Any Land Thou Come From, Read on the Told Song…
Essays and Papers in Honour of Professor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo
Contributor(s): Sylwia Surdykowska-Konieczny (Editor), Magdalena Rodziewicz (Editor), Mirosław Michalak (Editor), Piotr Bachtin (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Oriental Studies; Iran; Afghanistan; researches about cultures of Asia
Summary/Abstract: A collection of scientific articles and reminiscences written by outstanding orientalists, colleagues of Professor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo – an eminent scholar in Iranian and Afghan studies – and her students, most of whom now work in the Department of Iranian Studies of the University of Warsaw. The texts explore the civilization and culture of Iran, Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Far East, referring to politics, society, history, law, philosophy, religion and literature.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-8752-1
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-8671-5
- Page Count: 406
- Publication Year: 2022
- Language: English, Polish
Profesor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo
Profesor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo
(Professor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo)
- Author(s):Sylwia Surdykowska-Konieczny
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:11-22
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo; Iranian studies; Iran and Afghanistan; Head of the Faculty of Oriental Studies; University of Warsaw
- Summary/Abstract:The article is dedicated to an outstanding scientist, the scholar of Iranian and Afghan studies, head of the Faculty of Oriental Studies professor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo. The article describes the professional path of Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo, who has gone through all levels of the university career - from assistant to full professor. The article contains information about the scientific path of professor Sierakowska-Dyndo, her research interests, the most important publications, didactic and organizational activities at the University of Warsaw.
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Bibliografia Profesor Jolanty Sierakowskiej-Dyndo
Bibliografia Profesor Jolanty Sierakowskiej-Dyndo
(Bibliography Profesor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo)
- Author(s):Magdalena Rodziewicz, Sylwia Surdykowska-Konieczny
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:23-28
- No. of Pages:6
- Price: 4.50 €
Jola
Jola
(Jola)
- Author(s):Piotr Taracha
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:31-38
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Jonata Sierakowska-Dyndo; Oriental Studies; Faculty of Oriental Studies; culturology; Afghanology
- Summary/Abstract:This paper reminds readers things that are so easy to take for self-evident duties and clear responsibilities of a principal or a dean as the chief academic and administrative officer of an institute or a faculty. The Jubilee, Professor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo, served as the chief public figure for the Institute, and then Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Warsaw for 14 years (2002-2016), representing it before a range of audiences. Her achievements, however, go beyond what we used to expect a dean to accomplish during his/her term of office. Her memorable contribution to development of the Oriental studies at the University of Warsaw, which celebrate this year the 90th anniversary of their establishment, was to transform the Institute into the Faculty in 2008. The Faculty of Oriental Studies is the only one in Poland and nowadays also, one of the several largest research institutions studying Asia and Africa in Europe. The author was able to observe the organisational activities of the Jubilee as her deputy throughout the entire 14-year period. He also summarizes her special role in the discussion about the identity of Oriental studies that she always understood much broader than just research on languages and cultures. She emphasized the need of a holistic approach to problem solving, considering history, religion, philosophy, cultural traditions and today’s pop culture, politics and society of the region or country under scrutiny. She defined the Oriental studies as part of culturology, according to the term introduced by Prof. Mencwel. Finally, the paper points out the Jubilee’s research achievements as Iranologist and Afghanologist.
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O przyjaźni, drodze i Oriencie
O przyjaźni, drodze i Oriencie
(About friendship, the road and the Orient)
- Author(s):Lidia Kasarełło
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:39-44
- No. of Pages:6
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Rutynowa rozmowa przed wyjazdem
Rutynowa rozmowa przed wyjazdem
(Routine conversation before departure)
- Author(s):Witold Śmidowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:45-47
- No. of Pages:3
- Price: 4.50 €
Pomocna dłoń na wąskiej ścieżce poznania
Pomocna dłoń na wąskiej ścieżce poznania
(A helping hand on the narrow path of knowledge)
- Author(s):Juliusz Gojło
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:48-49
- No. of Pages:2
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Róża jest różą
Róża jest różą
(A rose is a rose)
- Author(s):Jadwiga Pstrusińska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:50-57
- No. of Pages:8
- Price: 4.50 €
Introduction
Introduction
(Introduction)
- Author(s):Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:61-65
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:Oriental studies; Asian and African culture; scientific discipline; Faculty of Oriental Studies; University of Warsaw; Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo
- Summary/Abstract:The study considers the importance of Oriental studies within the context of the developments that have taken place in its perception at the University of Warsaw and the establishment of the Faculty of Oriental Studies in 2008. The article seeks to answer the question of whether Oriental studies might be considered a new scientific discipline having its own separate scholarly apparatus. It suggests that Oriental studies are the branch of science that realizes two main objectives. The first, strictly scientific and cognitive based on description and analysis, and the second, requiring deciphering the cultural meanings, codes, and signs. These objectives are carried out in the field of various scientific disciplines, including linguistics, history, literary studies, philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies, ethnography, and religious studies. The article argues that the multidisciplinary character of Oriental studies, which is based on language studies, allows one to define them as a macro-discipline which combines philological source materials and achievements of many other scientific disciplines. Finally, it also presents the assumptions behind the creation of the new curriculum, which is designed to combine competence in Asian and African languages with a broad knowledge of the cultural context.
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Siedem wierszy Forugh Farrochzād
Siedem wierszy Forugh Farrochzād
(Seven Poems of Forugh Farrokhzād)
- Author(s):Piotr Bachtin
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:69-88
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:Forugh Farrokhzād; Persian poetry; Iranian poetry; contemporary poetry; translation
- Summary/Abstract:The present text includes translations of seven poems by 20th-century Iranian poet, Forugh Farrokhzād (1934–1967). The poems, translated from Persian to Polish, come from the following collections: "Asir" (“Slave” from 1955), "Tavallodi digar" (“Another Birth” from 1962), and "Imān biyāvarim be āghāz-e fasl-e sard" (“Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season”; posthumously published in 1973). The translations are accompanied by Persian originals and preceded with an introduction on the poet’s work and life.
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Wspólne DNA indoeuropejskich cywilizacji?
Wspólne DNA indoeuropejskich cywilizacji?
(Common DNA of Indo-European civilizations?)
- Author(s):Maria Krzysztof Byrski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:89-100
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Consciousness; creative Being; Indo-European Civilization
- Summary/Abstract:Consciousness (Cit) – that One (Ekam) creative Being (Sat) and Speech (Vāk) as its emanation may become the bond of our ancient Indo-European kinship worthy to evoke today, when technology makes us interact with an unprecedented frequency. Let the awareness of the common ‘deoxyribonucleic acid’ enshrined in all our languages belonging to one Indo-European family prompt us to become closer to each other and more open to mutually accepting our otherness in the spirit of human brotherhood.
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Kim był Al-Maḥbūbī?
Kim był Al-Maḥbūbī?
(Who was Al-Maḥbūbi?)
- Author(s):Janusz Danecki
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:101-116
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:history of Muslim legal theory and practice; Ḥanafi school of law in Central Asia; office of ṣadr; Al-Maḥbūbī family; art and method of legal commentaries in 13th and 14th centuries
- Summary/Abstract:In professor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo’s collection there is an Arabic manuscript of "At-Tawḍīḥ fī ḥall ḡawāmid At-Tanqīḥ". The copy is dated 1234 A.H. (1818/1819 A.D.) and according to its colophon, was copied in Bukhara. The author of this commentary is a 14th century Muslim scholar from Bukhara specializing in Ḥanafi law (fiqh). The work was quite popular in Central Asia and many copies of it are preserved in different collections. In this article, the development of Central Asiatic Ḥanafi fiqh is presented with special attention paid to the office of ṣidāra, especially the two families of lawyers: the Al-Burhānīs and Al-Maḥbūbīs. An attempt is made to elucidate the complicated history of multiple commentaries upon commentaries in which the main personage of the story: ‘Ubayd Allāh al-Maḥbūbī was entagled.
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In Search of Identity
In Search of Identity
(In Search of Identity)
- Author(s):Krzysztof Dębnicki
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:117-135
- No. of Pages:19
- Price: 4.50 €
Muḥammad Ǧamīl Bayhum (1887–1978): historia, filozofia, polityka
Muḥammad Ǧamīl Bayhum (1887–1978): historia, filozofia, polityka
(Muḥammad Ǧamīl Bayhum (1887-1978): History, Philosophy, Politics)
- Author(s):Marek M. Dziekan
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:136-151
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Muḥammad Ǧamīl Bayhum; Arab World; Lebanon; Islam; history; philosophy; politics
- Summary/Abstract:The article is devoted to the life and work of a Lebanese scholar and politician Muḥammad Ǧamīl Bayhum (a pupil of Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes), whose activity is little known in Western Oriental Studies. Despite his very important role in the 20th century social and political life of Lebanon and the Middle East as a whole, we will not find any mention of him in the most important studies devoted to the revival of Arab social, religious and political thought in the twentieth century. He was co-founder of the National Library of Lebanon, a member of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences, and a defender of women’s rights. This study is based primarily on Arabic sources and Bayhūm’s own works. The article covers (1) the detailed description of the life and activity of M. Bayhum and the presentation and the analysis of two most important, in my opinion, books of him: (2) "Al-Ḥalqa al-mafqūda fī tārī Al-Arab" ("The Lost Epoch in the History of the Arabs", 1950) and (3) "Al-ʿUrūba wa-aš-šuʿūbiyyāt al-ḥadīṯa" ("Arabism and Contemporary Particularisms", 1957). These books show Bayhum as a historian and political thinker. The paper ends with a "Conclusion".
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Czy w międzywojennej Polsce można było nauczyć się języka perskiego?
Czy w międzywojennej Polsce można było nauczyć się języka perskiego?
(Was It Possible to Learn Persian in the Interwar Poland?)
- Author(s):Stanisław Jaśkowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:152-158
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:education; Iranian-Polish relations; Iranian Studies; History of the University of Warsaw
- Summary/Abstract:The present paper seeks to ascertain whether it was possible to learn Persian in Poland in the period between the First and the Second World War. Given the influx of Polish refugees to Iran from the early spring of 1942, this question is important not only for the history of Iranian and Persian studies in Poland, but can also grant us a deeper understanding of the condition of the refugees. The subject is analyzed on the basis of Iranian diplomatic reports from Poland discussing the teaching of Persian, especially in Warsaw; in the present work, one such document has also been edited and translated. Furthermore, documents and reports kept at the Archive of the University of Warsaw have also been among the sources used in the present research. As it turns out, the teaching of Persian in the interwar period was very limited in Poland. This was both due to internal causes, especially the shortage of academic staff fluent in Persian, and to the limited support of the Iranian establishment, even in the face of the Iranian representative’s enthusiasm for broader academic cooperation.
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Filozofia i doświadczenie
Filozofia i doświadczenie
(Philosophy and Experience)
- Author(s):Joanna Jurewicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:159-188
- No. of Pages:30
- Keywords:oriental studies; Ṛgveda; conceptual metonymy; conceptual metaphor; conceptual blending
- Summary/Abstract:The paper shows how methodology of cognitive linguistics can be used in the analysis of the most ancient Sanskrit text, the Ṛgveda (ca 13 BCE). The Ṛgveda is famous for its metaphorical language difficult to understand. The assumption on the embodiment of human cognition together with the conceptual metaphor theory and blending theory applied to the Ṛgveda facilitates its understanding and reconstruction of its consistent overall worldview.
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Sādeq Hedājat (1903–1951), nacjonalizm i początki irańskich badań nad folklorem
Sādeq Hedājat (1903–1951), nacjonalizm i początki irańskich badań nad folklorem
(Sādeq Hedāyat (1903-1951), Iranian Nationalism and the Beginnings of Research on Iranian Popular Culture)
- Author(s):Anna Krasnowolska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:189-208
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:Sādeq Hedāyat; Iran; folklore; nationalism; Persian literature
- Summary/Abstract:Sādeq Hedāyat (1903-51) was one of the first Iranian intellectuals interested in popular culture. His interest, also visible in his literary work, can partly be explained by a nationalistic dream to reach the «Arian» roots of Iranian identity and culture. The article explores the ideological concept of Hedāyat’s two early collections of folklore: "Ousāne" (1931) and "Neyrangestān" (1933), with some references to his literary works. The study reveals some paradoxes of Hedayat’s attitude towards Iran’s complex cultural heritage.
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Persja i Persowie w literaturze sanskryckiej
Persja i Persowie w literaturze sanskryckiej
(Persia and Persians in Sanskrit Literature)
- Author(s):Marek Mejor
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:209-225
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:India; Persia; Persians; Sanskrit literature; cosmopolis
- Summary/Abstract:The centuries-long neighbourhood of India and Persia resulted in mutual cultural contacts, which intensified especially during the period of Mogul rule in India, when the meeting and intermingling of the two cultures created a new quality. Scholars studying the two cultures have postulated the existence of two models of cosmopolitan culture, viz. “Sanskrit cosmopolis” and “Persian cosmopolis”. In Sanskrit literature in the pre-Muslim period, mentions of Persia and the Persians are quite rare. In Vedic literature (c. 1400-500 BC) we do not come across any. They only appear in the epics, then we occasionally find mentions in classical poetry, in drama, in narrative literature, in the Puranas, in philosophical treatises, in lexicographers. This article provides a brief overview of references to Persians and Persia in Sanskrit literature from the end of the first millennium BC to the beginning of the second millennium AD.
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China in Early Arabic and Persian Accounts
China in Early Arabic and Persian Accounts
(China in Early Arabic and Persian Accounts)
- Author(s):Mirosław Michalak
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:226-238
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:China; Iran; Late Antiquity; Abbasid Caliphate; trade and seafaring; Arabic and Persian literature; geographical and travel books; Persian Epic
- Summary/Abstract:Relations between China and the Middle East had its reflection in the Arabic and Persian literature of the Early Abbasid period. There are geographical and travel books in Arabic and Persian focusing on commerce, including the maritime trade and exploration of new lands and peoples. Among these books are accounts on China of Sui and Tang periods. These accounts reflect relations between the Caliphate and the Middle Kingdom as well as ties connecting the Middle East, especially Iran, to China in Late Antiquity, i.e. prior to the rise of Islam. A number of texts dealing with China and other lands of the Far East belong to Persian Epic, with the most outstanding examples of "Garšāspnāmeh" and "Kušnāmeh", both written in the 11th century.
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Taher – wiersze współczesnego Iranu
Taher – wiersze współczesnego Iranu
(Taher - Poems of Contemporary Iran)
- Author(s):Ivonna Nowicka
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:239-255
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:contemporary Iranian poetry; poetry translation; topoi in poetry; poetry from Bushehr
- Summary/Abstract:The poetry of Iranian poet and visual artist Taher (pen name of Mohammad Ali Taheri) from Bushehr in southern Iran is an opportunity to discover contemporary verse from this less visible and less known region in the literary section of Iranian studies. Apart from a presentation of Taher’s artistic output, the introduction includes a discussion on the subject matter of his free verse, narrative poems. They span a wide range of topics, from interconnectedness of life and the contemplation of existence to migration to the situation of the Middle East torn by oil wars. In addition to fifteen Polish translations the article comprises three English renderings with their Persian originals. The translations were part of a 2021 scholarship granted by the Old Town Culture House in Warsaw. This is a printed premier of Taher’s poetry, as it has hitherto not been published either in Iran or abroad.
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Prokreacja w islamie – wybrane problemy
Prokreacja w islamie – wybrane problemy
(Procreation in Islam – Selected Problems)
- Author(s):Katarzyna Pachniak
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:256-272
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Islam; family; family planning; abortion; in vitro; contraception
- Summary/Abstract:The Islamic concept of the family is a group that emerges from the unison of man and woman through a marriage contract and the children that are born of it. Children are very important in the social order. For this reason the issue of the abortion is important in this religion as well. Muslim views on it are shaped by the Muslim sacred texts: Qur’an, the Hadith, and by the opinions of religious scholars. The Quran does not directly mention intentional abortion, but there is no explicit prohibition to abort, and it depends in Islamic law on woman’s will. On the other hand, the schools of Islamic law differ in their opinions when pregnancy can be terminated.The second part of the article discusses the attitude towards abortion and contraception today, referring to the differences in the regulations of legal schools and countries.
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Dynastia cesarska Japonii
Dynastia cesarska Japonii
(Imperial Dynasty of Japan)
- Author(s):Ewa Pałasz-Rutkowska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:273-288
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Imperial House of Japan; succession to the throne; The Imperial Household Act; woman emperor; josei tennō; emperor of the female dynastic line; jokei tennō
- Summary/Abstract:The problem of the future of the Imperial House returns from time to time, which is related to fears for the survival of the imperial dynasty. They result from the law in force, “The Imperial Household Act” (1947), according to which (article 1.) “the Imperial Throne shall be succeeded to by a male offspring in the male line belonging to the Imperial Lineage”. Since a woman cannot sit on the throne, today we only have three candidates, and one of them (Prince Hitachi) is already 87 years old. Official discussions on the revision of this law have been going on for a long time, the last ones ended in December 2021, but no specific decisions were made. So what's next? Will the imperial dynasty of Japan, the oldest in the world, survive?
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Między odwetem a przebaczeniem
Między odwetem a przebaczeniem
(Between Retaliation and Forgiveness)
- Author(s):Magdalena Rodziewicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:289-319
- No. of Pages:31
- Keywords:qesās; gozasht; death penalty; Iranian criminal law; Islam; retaliation; pardon; āberu
- Summary/Abstract:According to Iranian criminal law, after a court has rendered a qesās (retaliation) verdict in a murder trial, the family of a victim can demand the death penalty or can pardon the defendant and accept diyeh, a financial compensation instead. This dual nature of the Iranian legal system implies the equivalence of two radically different solutions, the possibility of retaliation (qesās), and the right to gozasht, that is, the possibility of waiver. The main objective of this study is a cultural analysis of the process that takes place between these two phenomena. The article demonstrates not only the complexity of this process, but also its socio-cultural determinants, with particular emphasis on the importance that the attachment of Iranians to the value of āberu, understood as a good name, reputation and a positive image in the eyes of other people, conditioned by the fulfillment of certain expectations in the community, plays in the course of this procedure. The primary source material used in the work includes legal documents and religious texts, case summaries, interviews with victims’ families, court officials, and community activists.
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Images of Iran in Modern Hebrew Literature
Images of Iran in Modern Hebrew Literature
(Images of Iran in Modern Hebrew Literature)
- Author(s):Shoshana Ronen
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:320-335
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Hebrew literature; Judeo-Persian; Iranian Jews; Jewish-Muslim relations; tradition; family saga; women
- Summary/Abstract:The article discusses the images of Iran in modern Hebrew literature. From the end of the twentieth century onwards, rich and varied literary works have been written which take place in Iran, portraying the Jewish way of life and culture. The writers are mostly Jewish Iranian immigrants to Israel and their offspring. Therefore, many works of fiction are realistic with biographical components. They are centered around Jewish familial life, both in villages and in big cities, mostly in Teheran, where three-quarters of Iranian Jews lived. The article concentrates on four novels published in the twenty-first century, books that illustrate the life of Jews in Iran from the 1940s till the 1970s before the Islamic revolution. These novels share some common topics. The way of writing is very sensual; colors, smells, sights and voices are in the center of the novels. The characters are emotional and they do not hide it. They love, hate, sing and shout out loud. The power of family bonds is extremely coercive, and the social structure is conservative and patriarchal. The protagonists are proud of their tradition, which also includes Iranian culture, especially Persian poetry and language. The Hebrew prose is saturated with Persian words and idioms. An intricate common issue is Jewish-Muslim relations. The novels describe the complexity and various dimensions of the life of a tolerated but detested minority. Another shared topic is various strategies of women to survive in the ultra conservative and patriarchal community.
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منصور ثروت
منصور ثروت
(Herman Melville and the Novel Moby-Dick)
- Author(s):Mir Mansour Servat
- Language:Iranian (Other)
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:336-345
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Moby-Dick; Herman Melville; Iran; Iranian civilization
- Summary/Abstract:Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (1819-1891) is one of the best timeless American classics. In this novel, one of the main characters is Iranian and apart from that, many historical figures and bygone names of geography of Iran are mentioned throughout the story. The main objective of this study is an influence of Iran civilization and history on writer’s thoughts and statements.
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Rola sufickiej szkoły Naqszbandiji Mudżaddidiji w kształtowaniu się współczesnego fundamentalizmu muzułmańskiego w Afganistanie na przykładzie uczelni Nur al-Madaris Faruqi w prowincji Ghazni
Rola sufickiej szkoły Naqszbandiji Mudżaddidiji w kształtowaniu się współczesnego fundamentalizmu muzułmańskiego w Afganistanie na przykładzie uczelni Nur al-Madaris Faruqi w prowincji Ghazni
(The Role of Sufi School in Naqshbandiya in Forming Contemporary Muslim Fundamentalism in Afghanistan)
- Author(s):Szymon Skalski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:347-363
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:sufism; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; Taliban; Naqshbandiya; Ghazni; Afghanistan
- Summary/Abstract:This article contributes to a broader study on the role that Sufism could play in the formation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and religious fundamentalism in contemporary Afghanistan. The author uses the Sufi concept of the chain of spiritual genealogy (silsila) to analyze the connections between the graduates of the Nur al-Madaris Faruqi madrasa founded at the beginning of the 20th century and the participants of the fundamentalist organizations later associated with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Due to the geographical location of the madrasa (Ghazni province), this analysis mainly focuses on the area of eastern Afghanistan and the period from the 1940s until 2021.
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Jak Irańczycy wyrażają smutek?
Jak Irańczycy wyrażają smutek?
(How do Iranians Express Sadness?)
- Author(s):Sylwia Surdykowska-Konieczny
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:364-383
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:Iran; lexeme; Persian language; sadness; emotions; gham; hozn; anduh; ghosse
- Summary/Abstract:One of the most important notions permeating the culture of Iran is the idea of sadness. Iranians themselves knowingly admit that sadness is part and parcel of the Iranian identity. The significance of sadness in the Persian culture is reflected, for instance, in the Persian language, which contains very rich vocabulary connected with sadness and its various types. This article is the next step in my research on the idea of sadness in Iranian culture. Its purpose is to identify the basic lexemes used in the Persian language to express sadness and to show one of the possible categorization of these terms, taking into account the aspect of Persian culture. The subject of the analysis are the terms: gham (m), hozn, anduh and ghosse.
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"Tadżycy w zwierciadle historii" Emomalego Rahmona jako podstawa tadżyckiej polityki historycznej
"Tadżycy w zwierciadle historii" Emomalego Rahmona jako podstawa tadżyckiej polityki historycznej
(Emomali Rahmon’s “Tajiks in the Mirror of History” as the Basis of Tajik Historical Politics)
- Author(s):Piotr Szustakiewicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:384-391
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Aryans; Emomali Rahmon; Politics of history; Samanids; Tajiks in the mirror of history; Tajikistan
- Summary/Abstract:The author analyzes selected narrative threads contained in the book "Tajiks in the Mirror of History" by the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, related to the emergence of Tajik historical memory. The starting point for the research contained in the essay are the reflections of the British philosopher and social sociologist Ernest Gellner, who believes that nationalism is not the product of nations existing for centuries, but national-building movements that created modern nation states. A specific vision and interpretation of historical events often served to create a sense of belonging to a national community. In the case of contemporary Tajikistan, this process can be seen in the book "Tajiks in the Mirror of History", which the author proves by analyzing two selected threads - the description of the earliest history of the Aryans in Central Asia and the reign of the Samanid dynasty. The themes present in President Rahmon's work have become in the 21st century one of the most important elements of Tajik historical policy. For the sake of clarity, the author has also included a short historical outline.
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Maqāṣid and Qawāʿid
Maqāṣid and Qawāʿid
(Maqāṣid and Qawāʿid)
- Author(s):Jerzy Zdanowski
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Cultural history
- Page Range:392-401
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Islamic law; Objectives; Canons; legal reasoning; ethical reasoning
- Summary/Abstract:This chapter deals with Muslim law and the specific branch of Muslim jurisprudence which is the study of objectives and canons of law. Objectives (maqāṣid) provide an interpretative framework in which Muslim jurists create legal norms (qawāʿid). The chapter states that objectives and canons are organically related and stresses the stability of objectives and diversity of canons. Part of canons that can be defined as universal due to the broadest and most general nature of their content have the character of moral and ethical norms rather than legal rules. Since canons are formulated by reasoning, we can speak of ethical reasoning that precedes legal reasoning.
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