TY - JOUR
T1 - Practicing Aşk
T2 - Sound and Affect in Late Sabbateanism and Its Ottoman Sphere
AU - Feldman Samet, Hadar
N1 - Accession Number: 161829408; Samet, Hadar Feldman; Email Address: [email protected]; Source Info: Winter2023, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p116; Subject Term: CULTURAL appropriation; Subject Term: POPULAR culture; Subject Term: SPHERES; Subject Term: SELF-expression; Subject Term: RITES & ceremonies; Subject Term: PRAXIS (Process); Author-Supplied Keyword: affective and sensorial experiences; Author-Supplied Keyword: Ottoman culture; Author-Supplied Keyword: ritual singing and music; Author-Supplied Keyword: Sabbatean Ma'aminim (Dönme); Number of Pages: 34p; Document Type: Article
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Emotional states and their representations are gaining increasing attention in the historical study of mysticism. Building on the notion that mystical texts can be utilized to form a relation with the divine, in the current article I explore the intersection of emotional expressions, auditory elements, and devotional traditions as central praxes in Ottoman society. While focusing on a late offshoot of the Sabbatean movement, the Ma'aminim of Salonica, a contextualized analysis of previously unexplored sources demonstrates that during the first half of the nineteenth century the Sabbateans reshaped their communal practices according to contemporary cultural conventions in the Ottoman sphere. This study suggests that viewing mystical texts as generators of affect and sensorial ritual draws the focus from the spiritual world of a mystic-author to the experiences of community members, and it proves that neighboring soundscapes and appropriation of popular culture may serve as fundamental components in the historicization of religious phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
AB - Emotional states and their representations are gaining increasing attention in the historical study of mysticism. Building on the notion that mystical texts can be utilized to form a relation with the divine, in the current article I explore the intersection of emotional expressions, auditory elements, and devotional traditions as central praxes in Ottoman society. While focusing on a late offshoot of the Sabbatean movement, the Ma'aminim of Salonica, a contextualized analysis of previously unexplored sources demonstrates that during the first half of the nineteenth century the Sabbateans reshaped their communal practices according to contemporary cultural conventions in the Ottoman sphere. This study suggests that viewing mystical texts as generators of affect and sensorial ritual draws the focus from the spiritual world of a mystic-author to the experiences of community members, and it proves that neighboring soundscapes and appropriation of popular culture may serve as fundamental components in the historicization of religious phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
KW - CULTURAL appropriation
KW - POPULAR culture
KW - SPHERES
KW - SELF-expression
KW - RITES & ceremonies
KW - PRAXIS (Process)
KW - affective and sensorial experiences
KW - Ottoman culture
KW - ritual singing and music
KW - Sabbatean Ma'aminim (Dönme)
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SN - 0021-6704
VL - 28
SP - 116
EP - 149
JO - Jewish Social Studies
JF - Jewish Social Studies
IS - 1
ER -