Self and Secrecy in Early Islam

by Ruqayya Yasmine Khan

An original inquiry into the meanings of concealment and revelation in early Arabo-Islamic texts

In this comparative analysis of the significance of keeping and revealing secrets in early Islamic culture, Ruqayya Yasmine Khan draws from a broad range of Arabo-Islamic texts to map interconnections between concepts of secrecy and identity. In early Islamic discourse, Khan maintains, individual identity is integrally linked to a psychology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157003754X
• ISBN13: 9781570037542
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"