Sufism and the Way of Blame: Hidden Sources of a Sacred Psychology

by Yannis Toussulis

Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award

This is a definitive book on the Sufi "way of blame" that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its entirety. Originating in ninth-century Persia, the "way of blame" (Arab. malamatiyya) is a little-known tradition within larger Sufism that focused on the psychology of egoism and engaged in self-critique. Later, the term referred to those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835608646
• ISBN13: 9780835608640
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Quest Books (IL)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"