Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: World Vision and the Oppositional Dichotomy between Celebrating Life and Figuring Death in the Journey of Ibn BattutaThis study seeks to crystallize the fundamental relationship between the general social concept of life vs.death, in addition to other associated dichotomies, such as: matter and spirit, the self and the other, through a significant text in Arabic culture and literature: Tuḥfat an-Nuẓẓâr fî Gharâʾ ib al-Amṣâr wa ʾ ʾ Ajâ ib al-Asfâr (A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling) by explorer, historian, judge and jurist Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Lawati Tanji, known as Ibn Battuta (١٣٠٤ -١٣٧٧ AD).Ibn Batutta witnessed, in his journeys, different communities and cultures, and he scrutinized their cultural and ideological dilemmas.To this end, the study utilizes some formalist structural approaches to shed light on the manifestations of the oppositional dichotomies in the journey through procedural terms, including: world vision, value, awareness (existing and potential), understanding and interpreting a text while incorporating its internal, cultural, social and historical structures for an analysis that links it to its influential societal context.
Author: فاطمة محمد السويدي
Language: Arabic
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3156635286