Classical Spirituality in Contemporary America: The Confluence and Contribution of G.I. Gurdjieff and Sufism
Autor Michael S. Pittmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 noi 2013
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472522931
ISBN-10: 1472522931
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472522931
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Provides a deeper understanding of the style and approach of Gurdjieff's work and its influence.
Notă biografică
Michael S. Pittman is Associate Professor of Humanities and World Religions at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, USA.
Cuprins
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Gurdjieff and Sufism: The Creation of a Discourse2. Gurdjieff's Discourse on the Soul: Beelzebub's Tales and Sufism3. J.G. Bennett and the Gospel of Gurdjieff and Sufism4. Gurdjieff, American Style: Sherborne House and Claymont Court5. Gurdjieff and the Continuing Influence of Sufism in AmericaNotesBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
Perhaps no one writing on Gurdjieff at the present time is better equipped than Michael Pittman, whose comprehensive grasp of Armenian, Turkish and Arabic cultures and languages gives him a valuable perspective on the extent to which Sufism has informed the deep and surface structures of Gurdjieff's major writing and,consequently, on the growth of an extensive Sufi following in the United States that is traceable to the influence of Gurdjieff's writing. In adopting an objective view of Gurdjieff's exposition of ideas in his major works, All and Everything and Meetings with Remarkable Men, Pittman carefully avoids the controversy over aspects of Gurdjieff's life and reputation. What he stays attentive to is the pertinence of Gurdjieff's work to universal human aspirations.
Pittman guides the reader on a spiritual journey through the intricacies of esoteric spiritual schools Eastern and Western, familiar and forbidden. Pittman's chief insight-that G.I. Gurdjieff has instituted a discourse and as such can be studied on a par with Marx, Freud, and the other shapers of modern consciousness is a revelation. As discourse Gurdjieff's esotericism comes into its own: Pittman traces the influence of Gurdjieff through writings by and about Gurdjieff and through firsthand interviews with teachers and students,producing a comprehensive account of an important investigation of the place of Sufism in the Western esoteric.
Pittman guides the reader on a spiritual journey through the intricacies of esoteric spiritual schools Eastern and Western, familiar and forbidden. Pittman's chief insight-that G.I. Gurdjieff has instituted a discourse and as such can be studied on a par with Marx, Freud, and the other shapers of modern consciousness is a revelation. As discourse Gurdjieff's esotericism comes into its own: Pittman traces the influence of Gurdjieff through writings by and about Gurdjieff and through firsthand interviews with teachers and students,producing a comprehensive account of an important investigation of the place of Sufism in the Western esoteric.