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Slavs and Tatars : mirrors for princes / editor, Anthony Downey.
- Title
- Slavs and Tatars : mirrors for princes / editor, Anthony Downey.
- Author
- Slavs and Tatars (Group of artists) artist.
- Publication
- Abu Dhabi, UAE : NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery ; Zürich : JRP Ringier, [2015]
- ©2015
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- Description
- 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- The form of political writing often called 'advice literature,' shared by Christian and Muslim cultures alike, 'mirrors for princes' attempted to elevate statecraft (dawla) to the same level as faith/religion (din) during the Middle Ages. These guides for future rulers--Machiavelli's 'The Prince' being a widely known example--addressed the delicate balance between seclusion and society, spirit and state, echoes of which we continue to find in the US, Europe, and the Middle East several centuries later. Today we suffer from the very opposite: there is no shortage of political commentary, but a notable lack of intelligent, eloquent discourse on the role of faith and the immaterial as a valuable agent in society or public life. This publication brings together the writing of preeminent scholars and commentators using the genre of medieval advice literature as a starting point to discuss fate and fortune versus governance, advice for female nobility, and an Indian television drama as a form of translation of statecraft. The illustrated essays are accompanied by an interview with Slavs and Tatars.
- Alternative Title
- Mirrors for princes
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs
- Note
- Cover title.
- "This book is part of Mirrors for princes, a cycle of research and production by the art collective Slavs and Tatars, published on the occasion of their eponymous exhibition at NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, 1 Mar-31 May 2015" --Colophon.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Curator's prologue / Maya Allison -- Editor's introduction / Anthony Downey -- A conversation with Slavs and Tatars / Anthony Downey, Beatrix Ruf -- Fate, fortune and governance in the Medieval World / Neguin Yavari -- 'On difference' in Mirror for princes : a view from Medieval India / Manan Ahmed Asif -- Mirror for princesses / Anna Della Subin -- Shaggy or shaved : the symbolism of hair among Persian Qalandar Sufis / Lloyd Ridgeon -- Appendix. Chapter two of Arbāb al-ṭarīq -- Echo translation / David Crowley.
- ISBN
- 9783037644072
- 3037644079
- LCCN
- 9783037644072
- OCLC
- 907631349
- SCSB-10136426
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library