The ‘New rhetoric’ and Muslim vanitas-preaching – a reading of Perelman in the shadow of al-Hurayfish
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52610/rhs.v10i39.207Keywords:
Islamic preaching, Muslim rhetoric and homiletics, al-Hurayfish, medieval sermon, vanitas, memento mori, ubi sunt, Perelman, rhetorical theory and criticismAbstract
The so-called “New rhetoric” associated with Chaïm Perelman (1912-1984) has continued to influence and stimulate research on the subject of rhetoric as it is practiced today. In the present article islamologist Philip Halldén discusses Perelman’s influential theory in relation to a medieval Muslim collection of sermons, ascribed to al-Hurayfish (late fourteenth century). Besides presenting this little known example of medieval Muslim rhetoric Halldén discusses whether, and to what extent, Perelman’s theory may be of assistance in the study of this kind of material. The conclusion is somewhat pessimistic as, the author argues, Perelman’s “New rhetoric” is precisely a theory of argumentation that tends to downgrade certain phenomena which are significant in the case of al-Hurayfish’s sermons.
References
Abdel Haleem, M. A. S. (1992): ”Grammatical Shift for Rhetorical Purposes: Iltifat and Related Features in the Qur’an”, i: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 55:3, sida 407-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X00003621
Bal, Mieke (1997): Narratology. Introduction to the Theory of Narrative. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
Berkey, Jonathan P. (2001): Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East. University of Washington Press, Seattle och London.
Black, Edwin (1999): ”Den Andre Persona”, i: Rhetorica Scandinavica, Nr. 9/1999, sida 7-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52610/WUXJ8406
Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne (2003): ”Predikan om döden och livets korthet”, i: Res Publica Nr. 61, sida 103-112.
Brinner, William M. (1963): ”The significance of the Harafish and their ‘Sultan”, i: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. VI., sida 190-215. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156852063X00068
Brown, Daniel (2004): A New Introduction to Islam. Blackwell, Oxford.
Dearin, Ray D. (1989): ”The Philosophical Basis of Chaim Perelman’s Theory of Rhetoric”, i: Dearin, Ray D. (red.), The New Rhetoric of Chaim Perelman: Statement & Response. University Press of America, Lanham, sida 17-35.
Eemeren, Frans H. van, Rob Grootendorst och Tjark Kruiger (1987): Handbook of Argumentation Theory. Foris, Dordrecht. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110846096
Fehrman, Carl (1952): Diktaren och döden. Bonniers, Stockholm.
Genette, Gérard (1995): Narrative Discourse. An Essay in Method. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NewYork.
Halldén, Philip (1998): ”Demostenes på arabiska. Den islamiska retoriktraditionen”, i: Rhetorica Scandinavica, Nr. 6 / 1998, sida 25-32.
– (2001): Islamisk predikan på ljudkassett: En studie i retorik och fonogramologi. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm.
– (2005): ”What is Arab Islamic Rhetoric? Rethinking the History of Muslim Oratory Art and Homiletics”, i: International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 37, sida 19-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743805050038
al-Hurayfish, Shu‘ayb (1996): al-Rawd al-fa’iq fi’lmawa‘iz wa’l-raqa’iq. Maktabat al-Iman, al-Mansura [Egypten].
– (1997): al-Rawd al-fa’iq fi’l-mawa‘iz wa’l-raqa’iq. Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, Beirut.
Irwin, Robert (2003): “Mamluk Literature”, i: Mamluk Studies Review, Vol. 7 ( January 2003), sida 1-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003554554-16
Karon, Louise A. (1989): ”Presence in The New Rhetoric”, i: Dearin, Ray D. (red.), The New Rhetoric of Chaim Perelman: Statement & Response. University Press of America, Lanham, sida 163-178.
Kishk, ‘Abd al-Hamid (1990): Ila fursan al-manabir [Till predikstolarnas riddare]. Maktabat al-sahafa, u.o. [Kairo?]
Lapidus, Ira Marvin (1984, 1967): Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511583803
Lings, Martin (1997): Muhammad, his life based on the earliest sources. The Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge.
Mahfouz, Naguib (1977): Malhamat al-harafish [”Harafishernas kvarter”]. Maktaba Misr, Kairo.
– (1993): The Harafish. Anchor Books, New York.
Makdisi, George (1990): The Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474470650
Möller, Daniel (2003): ”Dödens demokrati: Om en tanke i 1600-talets förgängelsediktning”, i: Res Publica 61, sida 79-94.
Onsberg, Merete (1998): ”En feministisk ny dialektik?”, i: Rhetorica Scandinavica, nr. 5 / 1998, sida 71-72.
Perelman, Chaïm (2004): Retorikens imperium. Symposion, Stockholm/Stehag.
Perelman, Chaïm och L. Olbrechts-Tyteca (1958): La Nouvelle Rhétorique. Traité de l’Argumentation. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris.
Romano, Carlin (1989): ”Rhetorically Speaking: Chaim Perelman Rediscovers Western Philosophy,” i: Dearin, Ray D. (red.), The New Rhetoric of Chaim Perelman: Statement & Response. University Press of America, Lanham, sida 11-16.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Rhetorica Scandinavica
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Open Access; CC Erkännande-IckeKommersiell-IngaBearbetningar 4.0
