{"product_id":"the-discourses-9781479810581","title":"The Discourses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī was arguably the most influential and well-known Moroccan intellectual figure of his generation. In 1084\/1685, at the age of roughly fifty-four, and after a long and distinguished career, this Amazigh scholar from the Middle Atlas began writing a collection of short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Completed three years later and gathered together under the title \u003ci\u003eDiscourses on Language and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eal-Muhadarat fi l-adab wa-l-lughah\u003c\/i\u003e), they offer rich insight into the varied intellectual interests of an ambitious and gifted Moroccan scholar, covering subjects as diverse as genealogy, theology, Sufism, history, and social mores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In addition to representing the author’s intellectual interests, \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e also includes numerous autobiographical anecdotes, which offer valuable insight into the history of Morocco, including the transition from the Saadian to the Alaouite dynasty, which occurred during al-Yūsī’s lifetime. Translated into English for the first time, \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers access to the intellectual landscape of the early modern Muslim world through an author who speaks openly and frankly about his personal life and his relationships with his country’s rulers, scholars, and commoners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274246566139,"sku":"9781479810581","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_ae45892d-801c-4cba-a2d5-f9dab96d0d24.jpg?v=1777695148","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-discourses-9781479810581","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}