The Sense of Unity : The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture - Softcover

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Despite its extraordinary richness, Islamic architecture has rarely been studied for its conceptual and symbolic significance. In the Sense of Unity, a handsomely illustrated volume and the first extended work of its kind, Nader Ardalan and Laleh Bakhtiar examine the architecture of Persia as a manifestation of Islamic tradition and demonstrate the synthesis of traditional Persian thought and form. The most fundamental principle of Sufism, the inner, esoteric dimension of Islam, is that of unity in multiplicity. This view sees in every aspect of reality a reflection of a transcendent source which is given symbolic expression through all of man's activities, most directly and importantly through his works of art. The authors of The Sense of Unity show how all the elements of the Islamic architecture of Persiafrom the simplest architectural unit to a complex urban environmentare woven around this central doctrine and thus are best understood as multiple manifestations of unity. The Sense of Unity is illustrated with photographs, drawing, charts, and tables which are an integral part of its argument and which exemplify, in abundant and striking detail, the principles discussed in the text. Presenting to the Western reader for the first time the insights of the Iranian cultural tradition, the book also offers a stimulating new way of thinking about man and his relationship to his milieu.

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Nader Ardalan, graduate of Carnegie Mellon with a M.Arch. from Harvard University, is presently Senior Vice President of Design with the Kuwaiti Engineering Office (KEO) International in Kuwait and recently designed the Waterside Development Suk in Kuwait. Laleh Bakhtiar, Ph.D. is author of Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Quest along with many other books on Islam and Sufism. She is president of the Institute of Traditional Psychology in Chicago where she teaches traditional psychology and its formation of the Sufi Enneagram.
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  • PublisherKazi Publications, Inc.
  • Publication date2000
  • ISBN 10 1871031788
  • ISBN 13 9781871031782
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  • Number of pages150
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