Sufism

This book explores how 'Sufism' - as an established non-Western philosophy with a remarkable temporal-spatial spread across the globe - facilitates a creative intervention in the theoretical-practical understanding of Global IR.

Introduction

1. The Entry of Sufism into Global IR: A Move Beyond the State-of-the-Art, Deepshikha Shahi

Part I: Sufism and Global IR

2. Al-Ghaz l , Ibn al-Arab and Global IR: A Sufi Re-reading of Knowledge-Power Nexus, Ali Balci

3. R m and Global IR: A Sufi Review of Epistemology, Ontology and Methodology, Deepshikha Shahi

Part II: Debating Sufi 'Oneness of Reality': Insights from the Non-Western Worlds

4. The Potentials of the Sufi Idea of 'Oneness of Reality' in Global IR, Fait Muedini

5. Sufism and the Preservation of Syrian Spiritual Identity, Omar Imady

6. The Limits of the Sufi Idea of 'Oneness of Reality' in Global IR, Giuseppe Cecere

7. The Sufi Rhetoric in Contemporary Turkey: Find Peace in My Hegemony! Ayse Cavadar

8. 'Textual-Contextual Tension' in the Sufi Study of Global IR: Learning from Sudan, Meir Hatina

Part III: Analysing Manifestations of Sufism: Encounters with the Western Worlds

9. The American Discourse on Sufism: On the Resilience of Mystical Islam, Elena Furlanetto and Deepshikha Shahi

10. The European Discourse on Sufism: On the Appeal of Moderate Islam, James Ferguson

Part IV: Revisiting Sufism as a Global IR Theory

11. The Sufi Gobal IR Theory: Promises and Perplexities, Deepshikha Shahi

Index