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The Modern Subject Sensing its Agency: Khalīl al-Khūrī's Aesthetics of "Truth Mingled with Passion".

In the introduction to what is often labelled "the first Arabic novel", Khalīl al-Khūrī's Way, idhan lastu bi-Ifranjī (1859), the author not only criticises contemporary Westernisation, but also outlines a new aesthetics that integrates authenticity, logical plausibility, and passion (hawas). This a...

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Published in:Welt des Islams Vol. 62; no. 3/4; pp. 449 - 477
Main Author: Guth, Stephan
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2022
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Authenticity (Philosophy)
Plausibility (Logic)
Emotions
Philosophy
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