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Aesthetics and the Art of Living in the Zagros Mountains of Iran
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Aesthetics and the Art of Living in the Zagros Mountains of Iran / Erika Friedl.
ISBN
9781399536752
1399536753
9781399536738
Publication
Edinburgh University Press : Edinburgh University Press, [2024]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2024).
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De Gruyter University Press eBook 2024.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 05, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Note on Language and Transliteration
Map of Kohgiluye-and-Boir Ahmad
Preface: Earthquakes, Demonstrations, 'Tribe'
Introduction: Purpose, Place, Residence, Methodology
Purpose
The Place
Our Residence
Assumptions and Methodology
1 Art and Aesthetics
Art in the Mountains
Local Aesthetics
2 The Senses are Friends
Introduction: Senses, Knowledge and Progress
Sight and Eye
Hearing and Ear
Smell and Taste
Touch-Feeling
3 Aesthetics of God's Order
Introduction: Necessity, Benefits, Contradictions
Beauty
Work
Time
4 The Flair of Kith and Kin
Introduction: People need People
Kin Group Aesthetics
Small Group Aesthetics: Comfort and Discontent
Kin Terms: Structure, Behaviour, Emotions
The Ambient of Marriage: Necessity and Emotions
Inheritance: Tradition, Ethics and Modernity
5 The Aesthetics of Needs
Introduction: The Logic of Life
Animals
Humans
Character and Personality
6 Reason, Logic and the Good Life
Introduction: What Ought to Be and What Is
Reason and Intellect
Common Sense
Truths and Lies
Vernacular Logic
7 Useful Religion (din)
Introduction: Local Islam and Canonical Authority
Religion is Good
God Must Exist
Why Things Happen
Saints who Listen
Islam as Guidance
8 Shapes of Things to Come
Introduction: Choices and Consequences
Education and Emigration
Birth Rate and Work
Religion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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