Shadows of the Prophet Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism /

• Main Author: Farrer, D. S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series ; 2
• Subjects: Phenomenology.; Regional planning.; Religion (General).; Performing arts.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences, general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Performing Arts.; Religious Studies.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9356-2

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:

• List of Maps, Tables and Genealogies. List of Illustrations. Dramatis Personae
• Part I: Reflections. 1. Seni Silat Haqq Melayu: A Sufi Martial Art. 2. Silat: Art, Magic and Performance
• Part II: Echoes. 3. The Performance of Enchantment. 4. The Enchantment of Performance
• Part III: Doubles. 5. The Guru Silat. 6. Social and Aesthetic Drama
• Part IV: Shadows. 7. Divination and Revelation. 8. Deathscapes of the Malay Martial Artist
• Appendix A: Basic Motions of Pattern Formation. Appendix B: The Golden Chain
• References
• Index.