Shadows of the Prophet Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism /

• Main Author: Farrer, D. S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series ; 2
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Performing arts.; Phenomenology.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Performing Arts.; Religious Studies, general.

This is the first in-depth study of the Malay martial art, silat, and the first ethnographic account of the Haqqani Islamic Sufi Order. Drawing on 12 years of research and practice in Malaysia, Singapore, and England, social anthropologist and martial arts expert D.S. Farrer considers Malay silat th...

Table of Contents:

• Reflections
• Seni Silat Haqq Melayu: A Sufi Martial Art
• Silat: Art, Magic and Performance
• Echoes
• The Performance of Enchantment
• The Enchantment of Performance
• Doubles
• The Guru Silat
• Social and Aesthetic Drama
• Shadows
• Divination and Revelation
• Deathscapes of the Malay Martial Artist.