After Rumi, The Mavlavis and the World
The Mavlavis and the World
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Jamal J. Elias' 'After Rumi: The Mevlevis & Their World' takes readers on a historical journey through the development of the Mevlevi community after Jalaluddin Rumi’s death in 1273.
Elias frames the Mevlevis as an “emotional community” that is anchored in affective engagements with Rumi and his Masnavi.
The book is organized around three major historical moments.
Aspects such as charismatic leadership and the role of the Masnavi remain vital and also shifting factors for the Mevlevi community.
The book explores how notions of orthodoxy and heterodoxy are unstable categories.
Elias frames the Mevlevis as an “emotional community” that is anchored in affective engagements with Rumi and his Masnavi.
The book is organized around three major historical moments.
Aspects such as charismatic leadership and the role of the Masnavi remain vital and also shifting factors for the Mevlevi community.
The book explores how notions of orthodoxy and heterodoxy are unstable categories.
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Jamal J. Elias, "After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World" (Harvard UP, 2025)
