A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage
Abdellah Hammoudi
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Paperback. In 1999, the Moroccan scholar Abdellah Hammoudi, trained in Paris and teaching in America, decided to go on the pilgrimage to Mecca. He wanted to observe the hajj as an anthropologist but also to experience it as an ordinary pilgrim, and to write about it for both Muslims and non-Muslims. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
In 1999, the Moroccan scholar Abdellah Hammoudi, trained in Paris and teaching in America, decided to go on the pilgrimage to Mecca. He wanted to observe the hajj as an anthropologist but also to experience it as an ordinary pilgrim, and to write about it for both Muslims and non-Muslims. Here is his intimate, intense, and detailed account of the hajj – a rare and important document by a subtle, learned, and sympathetic writer.
In 1999, the Moroccan scholar Abdellah Hammoudi, trained in Paris and teaching in America, decided to go on the pilgrimage to Mecca. He wanted to observe the hajj as an anthropologist but also to experience it as an ordinary pilgrim, and to write about it for both Muslims and non-Muslims. Here is his intimate, intense, and detailed account of the hajj – a rare and important document by a subtle, learned, and sympathetic writer.
Hammoudi describes not just the adventure, the human pressures, and the social tumult – everything from the early preparations to the ... Read more
Here, too, is a poignant discussion of the inner voyage that pilgrimage can mean to those who embark on it: the transformed sense of daily life, of worship, and of political engagement. Hammoudi acknowledges that he was spurred to reconsider his own ideas about faith, gesture, community, and nationality in unanticipated ways. This is a remarkable work of literature about both the outer forms and the inner meanings of Islam today.
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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
394g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745637891
SKU
V9780745637891
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About Abdellah Hammoudi
Abdellah Hammoudi is visiting Professor of Anthropology, University of Princeton.
Reviews for A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage
"A book of surpassing intelligence, humor, sadness and grace." New York Times "It is as much a subtle, complex meditation as it is an example of the 'art of reportage'. It is a commentary on one Arab intellectual's modern dilemmas as well as on the hajj as he experienced it ... this struggle gives the writing ... Read more