Francesco Piraino
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 600970 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Francesco Piraino |
| NOMBRES | Francesco |
| APELLIDO | Piraino |
| FIRMA | PIRAINO F |
| AFILIACIONES | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1645-3253 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Far-Right Politics and the Study of Esotericism
Occulture
Occulture describes the growing presence of esotericism, occultism, magic, and spirituality in media, popular culture, and contemporary arts as part of the spiritual revolution in Western contemporary societies. The empirical study of occulture has been carried out through two main theoretical frameworks. In sociology and media studies, scholars have described the mediatization and commodification of esotericism, while in religious studies, schol…
Thinking with Bruno Latour
This article discusses how Bruno Latour’s sociology of associations can help renovate the sociology of religion and its subfields of spirituality, mysticism, and esotericism. It proposes a moratorium on the idea of modernity and its relative theories on secularisation, spiritualisation, and commodification, arguing for a renovated focus on ethnographical fieldwork. Drawing on Latour, this article suggests seeing the sociology of religion as inclu…
A female imam in Paris
This article discusses Kahina Bahloul's political and religious engagement and her project to create the liberal 'Fatima Mosque', founded in 2019 in Paris. Bahloul is a complex figure, and her political and religious project touches on several dimensions: she was inspired by Sufi doctrines (Ibn 'Arabi and the 'Alawiyya) and Islamic modernist philosophy (Mohammed Arkoun). Furthermore, she advocates for a liberal and secular Islam, proposing radica…
Genderless souls
Sufism is a porous phenomenon that could be described with the categories of mysticism, esotericism, spirituality, and popular religion within the Islamic tradition. Sufism has been both at the centre of Islamic orthodoxy and morality, with many Sufis shaping Islamic institutions and doctrines across time and space, and at its margins, with Sufis challenging orthodoxy and social norms, reinventing rituals, and promoting blended practices based on…
Islamic humanism
Contemporary Sufi orders in Western societies have been often described as ‘universal’, implying a conceptualisation of religion that transcends religious and cultural boundaries. This article challenges a univocal understanding of universalism, arguing for a plurality of universalist discourses, which entail different relations with otherness, practices, organisational structures, and politics. This article shows the continuities and discontinui…
Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories
Sufism Meets the New Age Discourse Part 2
In the first part of this two-part article it was argued that the New Age could be understood as a discourse instead of a movement, a modality of belief, or a set of doctrines. It identified the key elements of this discourse, stressing the differences from other religious discourses, such as esotericism. In the second part of this article, the conceptualization of the New Age as discourse will be applied to the Sufi order Naqshbandiyya-Haqqaniyy…
Keys to the Beyond
Sufism Meets the New Age Discourse
This article, the first of a two-part discussion, focuses on the influence of the New Age on contemporary Sufism. It will consider the main definitions of the New Age and how they have been applied in relation to contemporary Sufism. After having shown the limits of these definitions and applications, it will propose an alternative reading, considering the New Age not as a movement or a cultural phenomenon, but as a discourse. This will allow us …
The Iranian Metaphysicals
Les politiques du soufisme en France
In this article I analyse the politics of the Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya Sufi order in France. I will consider the cultural activities based in Paris and the activities of public figures such as the rapper Abd Al Malik and Senator Bariza Khiari. These activities can be described as a form of post-Islamist engagement following Asef Bayat. In this political frame, democratic values, understood as acceptance of religious, ethnic and cultural, as well as…
Between real and virtual communities
Sufism, the mystical/esoteric Islamic path of soul purification, is spreading extensively throughout Western societies. The internet is one of the most important vehicles of this diffusion. This article first describes the use of the internet in four European Sufi orders, underlining how the internet: (1) is an instrument of promotion, information and knowledge about Islam and Sufism; (2) reduces the distance between disciples and Masters; (3) is…
Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona
Despite the secularization process, popular religion in modern or post-modern societies still retains a central role. In this article, we analyze the worship of Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona. The former is worshiped by Romani and Tamil people; the latter, the Mary of Montevergine Sanctuary, is also venerated by groups of homosexuals and transsexuals. The reworking of religious categories made by these subaltern groups reminds us of the dynami…
Between real and virtual communities
Sufism, the mystical/esoteric Islamic path of soul purification, is spreading extensively throughout Western societies. The internet is one of the most important vehicles of this diffusion. This article first describes the use of the internet in four European Sufi orders, underlining how the internet: (1) is an instrument of promotion, information and knowledge about Islam and Sufism; (2) reduces the distance between disciples and Masters; (3) is…
Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona
Despite the secularization process, popular religion in modern or post-modern societies still retains a central role. In this article, we analyze the worship of Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona. The former is worshiped by Romani and Tamil people; the latter, the Mary of Montevergine Sanctuary, is also venerated by groups of homosexuals and transsexuals. The reworking of religious categories made by these subaltern groups reminds us of the dynami…
A female imam in Paris
This article discusses Kahina Bahloul's political and religious engagement and her project to create the liberal 'Fatima Mosque', founded in 2019 in Paris. Bahloul is a complex figure, and her political and religious project touches on several dimensions: she was inspired by Sufi doctrines (Ibn 'Arabi and the 'Alawiyya) and Islamic modernist philosophy (Mohammed Arkoun). Furthermore, she advocates for a liberal and secular Islam, proposing radica…
Genderless souls
Sufism is a porous phenomenon that could be described with the categories of mysticism, esotericism, spirituality, and popular religion within the Islamic tradition. Sufism has been both at the centre of Islamic orthodoxy and morality, with many Sufis shaping Islamic institutions and doctrines across time and space, and at its margins, with Sufis challenging orthodoxy and social norms, reinventing rituals, and promoting blended practices based on…
Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona
Despite the secularization process, popular religion in modern or post-modern societies still retains a central role. In this article, we analyze the worship of Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona. The former is worshiped by Romani and Tamil people; the latter, the Mary of Montevergine Sanctuary, is also venerated by groups of homosexuals and transsexuals. The reworking of religious categories made by these subaltern groups reminds us of the dynami…
Between real and virtual communities
Sufism, the mystical/esoteric Islamic path of soul purification, is spreading extensively throughout Western societies. The internet is one of the most important vehicles of this diffusion. This article first describes the use of the internet in four European Sufi orders, underlining how the internet: (1) is an instrument of promotion, information and knowledge about Islam and Sufism; (2) reduces the distance between disciples and Masters; (3) is…
The Iranian Metaphysicals
Les politiques du soufisme en France
In this article I analyse the politics of the Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya Sufi order in France. I will consider the cultural activities based in Paris and the activities of public figures such as the rapper Abd Al Malik and Senator Bariza Khiari. These activities can be described as a form of post-Islamist engagement following Asef Bayat. In this political frame, democratic values, understood as acceptance of religious, ethnic and cultural, as well as…
Sufism Meets the New Age Discourse
This article, the first of a two-part discussion, focuses on the influence of the New Age on contemporary Sufism. It will consider the main definitions of the New Age and how they have been applied in relation to contemporary Sufism. After having shown the limits of these definitions and applications, it will propose an alternative reading, considering the New Age not as a movement or a cultural phenomenon, but as a discourse. This will allow us …
Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories
Sufism Meets the New Age Discourse Part 2
In the first part of this two-part article it was argued that the New Age could be understood as a discourse instead of a movement, a modality of belief, or a set of doctrines. It identified the key elements of this discourse, stressing the differences from other religious discourses, such as esotericism. In the second part of this article, the conceptualization of the New Age as discourse will be applied to the Sufi order Naqshbandiyya-Haqqaniyy…
Keys to the Beyond
Islamic humanism
Contemporary Sufi orders in Western societies have been often described as ‘universal’, implying a conceptualisation of religion that transcends religious and cultural boundaries. This article challenges a univocal understanding of universalism, arguing for a plurality of universalist discourses, which entail different relations with otherness, practices, organisational structures, and politics. This article shows the continuities and discontinui…
A female imam in Paris
This article discusses Kahina Bahloul's political and religious engagement and her project to create the liberal 'Fatima Mosque', founded in 2019 in Paris. Bahloul is a complex figure, and her political and religious project touches on several dimensions: she was inspired by Sufi doctrines (Ibn 'Arabi and the 'Alawiyya) and Islamic modernist philosophy (Mohammed Arkoun). Furthermore, she advocates for a liberal and secular Islam, proposing radica…
Genderless souls
Sufism is a porous phenomenon that could be described with the categories of mysticism, esotericism, spirituality, and popular religion within the Islamic tradition. Sufism has been both at the centre of Islamic orthodoxy and morality, with many Sufis shaping Islamic institutions and doctrines across time and space, and at its margins, with Sufis challenging orthodoxy and social norms, reinventing rituals, and promoting blended practices based on…
Thinking with Bruno Latour
This article discusses how Bruno Latour’s sociology of associations can help renovate the sociology of religion and its subfields of spirituality, mysticism, and esotericism. It proposes a moratorium on the idea of modernity and its relative theories on secularisation, spiritualisation, and commodification, arguing for a renovated focus on ethnographical fieldwork. Drawing on Latour, this article suggests seeing the sociology of religion as inclu…
Far-Right Politics and the Study of Esotericism
Occulture
Occulture describes the growing presence of esotericism, occultism, magic, and spirituality in media, popular culture, and contemporary arts as part of the spiritual revolution in Western contemporary societies. The empirical study of occulture has been carried out through two main theoretical frameworks. In sociology and media studies, scholars have described the mediatization and commodification of esotericism, while in religious studies, schol…
Sociology (11 obras) · Philosophy (10 obras) · Theology (8 obras) · Islam (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Religious studies (7 obras) · Gender Studies (6 obras) · Islamic Studies and History (6 obras) · Law (6 obras) · History (5 obras)