عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
شماره کتابشناسی ملی
شماره
T626
زبان اثر
زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن
انگلیسی
عنوان و نام پديدآور
عنوان اصلي
Urban mysticism: Alienation, existential mediation, and the appeal of Sufism-based self-help programs in contemporary Sofia, Bulgaria
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام ساير پديدآوران
;supervisor: Buckser, Andrew S.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Purdue University: United States -- Indiana
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
: 2012
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
400 Pages
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Over the last several decades, the practices and philosophy of Sufi mystics from former Soviet Republics Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have spread into Russian society, and from there to much of Eastern Europe. Through the efforts of individuals such as Mirzakarim Sanakulovich Norbekov, Sufism-based self-help programs have become one of the most popular forms of alternative healing and self-development in the region. The teachings of this group have blended with Western-based alternative healing and self-help literature and groups, entering the region after the fall of Communism, forming a new cultural scene. I investigate the Sofia, Bulgaria, branch of Norbekov's network of clubs, themselves spanning all over Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Specifically, I explore what these mysticism-based self-improvement groups offer their members that allows such organizations to prosper regardless of the general marginalization of mysticism in popular discourse, and their relatively limited resources, prestige, and other forms of influence. My findings indicate that mysticism-based groups seem to provide potent tools for existential mediation, allowing members to manage feelings of alienation generated by the exigencies of contemporary life. In particular, the phenomenologically and existentially concerned aspects of mysticism could be fostering the creation of individual identities that combine a discursive self, a self as an existentially committed and self-aware observer, and a phenomenologically grounded self, leading to an approach to life that may function satisfactorily in a contemporary urban environment. Some consequences of this appear to be: an improved ability to manage general anxiety and existential dilemmas; an increased appreciation of various lived experiences; a greater emphasis on intrinsic motivation and a reduction in the perceived authority of large-scale impersonal culture, institutions, and bureaucracies; improved social interactions, and increased assertiveness in particular; and a moderation of behaviors such as compulsive consumerism, and other often anxiety-driven aspects of present-day life that tend to fuel alienation and globalization.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Cultural anthropology
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
Alienation
اصطلاح موضوعی
Bulgaria
اصطلاح موضوعی
Mysticism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Self-help
اصطلاح موضوعی
Stigma
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sofia
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sufism-based
اصطلاح موضوعی
Existential mediation
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Bergmann, Luke Robert
نام شخص - ( مسئولیت معنوی درجه دوم )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Sheppard, Eric S., supervisor
دسترسی و محل الکترونیکی
تاريخ و ساعت مذاکره و دسترسي
TL626.pdf
متن ارتباطي
لببیلبیلبیلیب
وضعیت انتشار
فرمت انتشار
e
اطلاعات رکورد کتابشناسی
نوع ماده
TL
کد کاربرگه
254359
اطلاعات دسترسی رکورد
سطح دسترسي
a
تكميل شده
Y
