One of the most important sects in the Islamic world, Sufism has had a long and active history. Yet it has been no stranger to controversy. This has been particularly pronounced in modern times, as radical Islamic groups and modernist reformers have sought to identify Sufism as a source of either unwelcome innovation or reactionary superstition. This book focuses on the efforts of the Sufis of Egypt, expressed in the writings of one of the order's sheikhs, to meet the critical challenge. The sheikh offers a vigorous defence of Sufism in the context of controversial issues such as festivals, processions, congregational invocation, and the principle of guidance by the sheikh. He also touches on broader issues such as the metaphysical status of the Prophet and the question of miracles, considering these in a characteristically Sufi light. However, he also downplays or reworks certain key elements of Sufi belief and practice in an attempt to forestall hostile criticism. In this book Dr Johansen discusses these ideas and places them in a broader context, basing his analysis on material recorded at Sufi gatherings in Cairo between 1988-90, as well as published and unpublished texts.
Mei Hirschmann Bieber Karen Bue Alexandra Moltke Johansen Dorte Schou; Jonas Jaidane Julia Jayko Fossland Jacob Grønlykke Maria Hunsøe Emilie A. Haugaard Jette Thastum Maj-Britt Boa Tine Enger Maja Funch Maria Kleivan McIntyre
Jeg kalder det DEN LILLE FASCISME For jeg er kvindener fangener hustruen er barneter slavinden og jeggir ikke en krone for jeres politiske standpunkter.Bente Clods digt Privatlivets politiske potentiel fra 1976 slutter med fynd og klem. Det indrammer tidsånden ret præcist. Og genkender man lidt af dette tankegods her i nutiden, er det nok, fordi historien har det med at gentage sig selv.Digtet stod trykt i Gyldendals tidsskrift Fælleden (1976–79). Det var et tidskrift for “politisk kultur og kritisk kunst”, som det hed i det første nummers program erklæring. Fronterne var begyndt at fryse til i de år, det var det sprudlende ungdomsoprørs betontunge bagbrandert. Ideologikritik var et af nøgleordene. Kunsten skulle stå i en højere sags tjeneste. “Der hvor de to begreber ( jf. programerklæringen, red.) flyder sammen og bliver til samme sprog, har navnlig vores interesse,” fastslog redaktionen. Alligevel skulle der være “plads til mangt og meget”, men man frabad sig laksko og urkæder. Tidsskriftet endte som et ret iltfattigt foretagende, en klub for de indforståede, og efter bare tre år gik det ind. Nogenlunde samtidig var forfatteren Erik Aalbæk Jensen i gang med sit ottebindsværk om Livet på Øerne. Han gik mindre dogmatisk til værks; han var først og fremmest nysgerrig. Han betragtede efterkrigstidens Danmark fra et andet perspektiv: fra den yderste udkant, landets mange små øsamfund. Allerede dengang var de begyndt at gå i opløsning på grund af fraflytning og modernisering. Hans greb om stoffet er ganske enkelt: Han rejste rundt fra ø til ø og talte med de folk, han mødte på sin vej. Levnedsbeskrivelser, verden af i går. Hans eneste dagsorden var at lytte.Lidt nordvest for Marstal på Ærø, nær landsbyen Ommel sad den da 85-årige Peter Hansen på sin bænk i morgensolen og kiggede over på Halmø, hvor han som landmand havde boet og haft sit udkomme. Nu var den lille ø blevet købt af en udenlandsdansker, der kun dukkede op et par uger om sommeren og ellers overlod driften til en forvalter. Peter Hansen kunne ikke forstå, hvorfor den nye forvalter helt tankeløst pløjede i den gale retning hen over bankerne derovre, så mulden og regnvandet blev skyllet ned i dalen. Og forvalteren burde da også lette plovskæret en kende oppe på ryggen af øen, så det ikke skar så dybt, der hvor muldlaget lå tyndest. Det hele lignede dumt, tilfældigt hastværk, noget, der bare skulle overstås.Vi forsøger at forstå verden. Er det mon for at blive klogere på os selv? Eller er det, fordi vi i sidste ende ikke kan holde ud at tænke på livet som én stor ophobning af tilfældigheder? I hvilken retning vender vi blikket? Mod de store politiske forklaringsmodeller i pagt med tidsånden eller mod plovskæret på Halmø?Der må gemme sig en orden et sted. Som Inger Christensen bemærker i sit essay Tilfældighedens ordnende virkning (1994) : “Vi kunne måske også forestille os tilfældigheden som en diffus energikilde, som alene ved sin tilstedeværelse havde en ordnende virkning … Og forestille os, at vi gennem dette tilfældighedens medløb fik vi et værn mod vores egen overproduktion af orden.”“Mennesket skaber Historien i en forvirret blanding af bevidsthed og blindhed,” skriver hun et andet sted i essaysamlingen, og fortsætter: “At finde på en sandhed der gør tilfældigheden nødvendig/ og forestille sig et tegnsystem der transmitterer blindheden/ kort sagt jeg betragter det som forfatterens opgave/ at beskæftige sig med det umulige, det ufuldkomne, det der ligger udenfor”.Det er et godt sted at starte.
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Den här boken vänder sig till alla som jobbar eller vill jobba med konst och kultur. Den består av två slags texter som varvas med varandra. Dels intervjuer med tio erfarna kulturledare runt om i världen - verksamma i olika länder, i olika slags organisationer, inom olika konstarter och kulturformer - som berättar om liv och yrkeserfarenheter, motgångar och framgångar, dilemman och lösningar. Dels artiklar och essäer med ambitionen att ge perspektiv på några av de farvatten som dagens och morgondagens kulturledare har att navigera i: projektifieringen av samhället, balansen mellan bidrag och egenintäkt, hur argumentera för värdet i det man gör, hur hantera stress och konflikt, och utmaningarna från intersektionalitet, interkultur och digital domän. Teori och praktik blandas med och belyser varandra. Texterna utgör inspirerande exempel och tankeväckande perspektiv för läsaren att pröva mot sin egen erfarenhet.
Despite the concern among donors, governments and practitioners about their success in reaching the poor, the lack of reliable low-cost tools makes it difficult to determine if development programs meet their poverty targeting objectives. This study develops an operational assessment tool of monetary poverty for Peru. In a comparative step-by-step procedure, it discusses aspects like the practicability of indicators, methods for indicator selection, comparisons of logistic, least-square, and quantile regression, the poverty classification of households, robustness of the tools over time and across sub-groups, and what Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves can contribute. In doing that, it also provides a general methodological pathway for the development of tools used for time and cost-saving targeting assessments.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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