Cyril V Uy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1447359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cyril V Uy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cyril V |
| FAMILY NAME | Uy |
| SIGNATURE | UY C V |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Madison University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-4652-2693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Being and Time
This article explores the relationship between power, politics, and metaphysics in the work of Ibn Qasī (d. 546/1151), a medieval mystic and revolutionary. In 539/1144, Ibn Qasī led a group of mystical aspirants in revolt against the Almoravids in al-Andalus, establishing an independent state in the southwest where he ruled as a messiah. After a series of shifting alliances with the invading Almohad armies and the Christian king of a newly-indepe…
Riffing on/as the Real
Taking Ibn ʿArabī’s (d. 638/1240) Allusions of the Qurʾān in the World of Man as its point of departure, this article explores jazz as a framework for the study of medieval Sufi knowledge. The first half introduces the jazz standard and develops its possibilities as a theoretical lens. Coupling musical analysis with the work of Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ingrid Monson, and Fumi Okiji, I frame jazz performance as a creative form of knowing/being const…
Prayer, Deconstruction, and Boundless Play
This article focuses on the performative textual strategies of Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūya (d. 1252), a Mongol-era Sufi whose arcane treatises both bewildered and inspired future generations of occultists, mystics, and messiahs. Framing Ḥamūya’s work as avant-garde Sufism or Sufi free jazz, the article demonstrates how the shaykh self-consciously deconstructed medieval Sufi genre conventions to engage readers in an active process of meaning making. The tr…
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Prayer, Deconstruction, and Boundless Play
This article focuses on the performative textual strategies of Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūya (d. 1252), a Mongol-era Sufi whose arcane treatises both bewildered and inspired future generations of occultists, mystics, and messiahs. Framing Ḥamūya’s work as avant-garde Sufism or Sufi free jazz, the article demonstrates how the shaykh self-consciously deconstructed medieval Sufi genre conventions to engage readers in an active process of meaning making. The tr…
Being and Time
This article explores the relationship between power, politics, and metaphysics in the work of Ibn Qasī (d. 546/1151), a medieval mystic and revolutionary. In 539/1144, Ibn Qasī led a group of mystical aspirants in revolt against the Almoravids in al-Andalus, establishing an independent state in the southwest where he ruled as a messiah. After a series of shifting alliances with the invading Almohad armies and the Christian king of a newly-indepe…
Riffing on/as the Real
Taking Ibn ʿArabī’s (d. 638/1240) Allusions of the Qurʾān in the World of Man as its point of departure, this article explores jazz as a framework for the study of medieval Sufi knowledge. The first half introduces the jazz standard and develops its possibilities as a theoretical lens. Coupling musical analysis with the work of Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ingrid Monson, and Fumi Okiji, I frame jazz performance as a creative form of knowing/being const…
Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (2 works) · Mysticism (2 works) · Sufism (2 works) · Alterity (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Asceticism (1 work) · Avant garde (1 work) · Confessional (1 work)