Lost in a Sea of Letters - (Islamicate Intellectual History) by Cyril Villarosa Uy II (Hardcover)

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In Lost in a Sea of Letters, Cyril Uy explores the life and work of Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūya (d. 1252), a Mongol-era Sufi whose arcane treatises inspired generations of mystics and messiahs.
About the Author: Cyril V. Uy II, Ph.D. (2021), Brown University, is Assistant Professor of Religion at James Madison University.
312 Pages
Philosophy, Religious
Series Name: Islamicate Intellectual History

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About the Book

In Lost in a Sea of Letters, Cyril V. Uy II explores the life and work Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūya (d. 1252), illuminating the Sufi master's deconstructive ethos and radical openness to interpretation.

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In Lost in a Sea of Letters, Cyril Uy explores the life and work of Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūya (d. 1252), a Mongol-era Sufi whose arcane treatises inspired generations of mystics and messiahs. Reading Ḥamūya in dialogue with contemporaries across Central Asia, Iran, and the Eastern Mediterranean, Uy excavates a world in which knowledge was an embodied sensibility: a way of being that could improvise across all dimensions of human experience. Ḥamūya's performative writing reworked the foundations of this knowledge, provoking readers to live reality through the cacophony of his Sufi free jazz. Foregrounding Ḥamūya's deconstructive ethos and radical openness to interpretation, Uy reveals how embracing plurality could thrive as a mode of social, intellectual, and spiritual competition.

About the Author

Cyril V. Uy II, Ph.D. (2021), Brown University, is Assistant Professor of Religion at James Madison University.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.4 Inches (H) x 6.2 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.32 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 312

Genre: Philosophy

Sub-Genre: Religious

Series Title: Islamicate Intellectual History

Publisher: Brill

Format: Hardcover

Author: Cyril Villarosa Uy II

Language: Arabic

Street Date: April 17, 2025

TCIN: 1007916683

UPC: 9789004725065

Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-1380

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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