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On Love and Courtly Love

By صادق العظم

Published by MAMDOUH ADWAN PUBLISHING HOUSE · 2019

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Sadiq Jalal al-Azm rereads the classical tradition of ‘Udhri, or courtly, love through philosophy rather than reverence. Challenging the image of its lovers as pure, saintly figures, he exposes the narcissism, desire and psychological contradictions concealed by idealising accounts. Bold, analytical and deliberately provocative, the study transformed modern Arabic discussion of love by treating a celebrated literary tradition as a human phenomenon open to criticism rather than a sacred inheritance.

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