Steven Kuehn
Biographic Data
| ID | 385650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Kuehn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuehn |
| SIGNATURE | KUEHN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4422-380X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Binding and Unbinding: The Knotted Serpents on the Lining of the So-called Mantle of Roger II (528/1133–4)
In a recent thought-provoking analysis of the iconography on the exterior of the Mantle of Roger II (r. 1105–1154), the Norman ruler of Sicily and southern Italy, William Tronzo has advanced a compelling hypothesis suggesting that the Mantle may actually have been intended to serve as Roger’s shroud. This article examines the intriguing but rarely discussed figured silks found within the Mantle’s lining to assess whether their iconography aligns …
Metamorphosis, Mediation, Mannat: Sufi Spiritual Ecology and Endangered Animals in Bangladesh and Pakistan
In the South Asian discourse of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, ‘natural’ functions can be transcended and bodily boundaries are permeable. Defying species boundaries, this relational ontology entails a belief in the capacity for bodily transformation, or metamorphosis, from one category of being to another (as from human to nonhuman animal). In turn, both human and animal actors enter into conversation with mediating ‘spirits’. To this day, these …
Contemporary Art and Sufi Aesthetics in European Contexts
This article examines the work of seven contemporary artists whose aesthetics exemplify the “lived” experience of Islamic mysticism or Sufism (Arabic tasawwuf) within a European context. The work of artists born in Islamic majority countries and familiar with “traditional” Sufi idioms and discourses, but now immersed in Western culture, is often associated with “diasporic art”. From this hybrid perspective some of their artistic narratives reconf…
"Rose Blossoms, Ashura Pudding, and a "Golden Trophy: Embodied Material Traces of Islamic Mysticism in Ottoman Hungary
This study examines three of the most iconic sites associated with Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, in Ottoman Hungary.These are three mausoleums located in Buda, Pcs, and Turbk, near Zigetvr.The first two are the final resting places of the Sufi mystics known as Gl Baba and Idris Baba.The third is Sultan Sleyman's mausoleum next to a Sufi dervish lodge, the foundations of which were uncovered during recent excavations.The research sheds light on th…
Bektaşi Female Leadership in a Transnational Context: The Spiritual Career of a Contemporary Female Dervish in Germany
In this article, I bring premodern and contemporary Bektaşi perspectives to the current ethical debate on gender equality in the Bektaşi Sufi order. While there is tremendous potential in the historical legacy of Kadıncık Ana, the spiritual successor of Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli (d. ca. 1271), and her peers who served as female spiritual leaders in the proto-Bektaşiyye, the institutionalization of the Bektaşi order resulted in the marginalization of wom…
The Role of Plants and Animals in the Termination of Three Buildings at the Spring Lake Tract Neighborhood, Cahokia
Plants and animals play a vital role in the human experience, from providing basic sustenance to creating unique social practices that may govern familial, political, or religious experiences; reconstitute identities; or forge social relationships. In this article, we present analyses on the ethnobotanical and zoological remains recently recovered from the Spring Lake Tract, Cahokia, a neighborhood populated from approximately AD 900 to 1275. The…
‘Ganymede and the Eagle’: Representations of Spiritual Ascent in the Greater Iranian World from Late Antiquity to the Medieval Period
Wild Social Transcendence and the Antinomian Dervish
Beginning around the twelfth century, a distinct movement of itinerant antinomian dervishes evolved in the Muslim world as a form of religious and social protest. By deliberately embracing a variety of unconventional and socially liminal practices, they inverted social hierarchies and explicitly violated Islamic law. Their peripatetic lifestyle and voluntary acts of material divestment, such as living on the streets, sleeping on the ground or she…
Wild Social Transcendence and the Antinomian Dervish
Beginning around the twelfth century,adistinct movement of itinerant antinomian dervishes evolved in the Muslim world as af orm of religious and social protest. By deliberately embracing av ariety of unconventionala nd socially liminal practices,t hey inverted social hierarchies and explicitly violatedIslamic law.Their peripatetic lifestyle and voluntary acts of materialdivestment, such as living on thestreets,sleeping on the ground or sheltering…
The Role of Plants and Animals in the Termination of Three Buildings at the Spring Lake Tract Neighborhood, Cahokia
Plants and animals play a vital role in the human experience, from providing basic sustenance to creating unique social practices that may govern familial, political, or religious experiences; reconstitute identities; or forge social relationships. In this article, we present analyses on the ethnobotanical and zoological remains recently recovered from the Spring Lake Tract, Cahokia, a neighborhood populated from approximately AD 900 to 1275. The…
Wild Social Transcendence and the Antinomian Dervish
Beginning around the twelfth century, a distinct movement of itinerant antinomian dervishes evolved in the Muslim world as a form of religious and social protest. By deliberately embracing a variety of unconventional and socially liminal practices, they inverted social hierarchies and explicitly violated Islamic law. Their peripatetic lifestyle and voluntary acts of material divestment, such as living on the streets, sleeping on the ground or she…
Wild Social Transcendence and the Antinomian Dervish
Beginning around the twelfth century,adistinct movement of itinerant antinomian dervishes evolved in the Muslim world as af orm of religious and social protest. By deliberately embracing av ariety of unconventionala nd socially liminal practices,t hey inverted social hierarchies and explicitly violatedIslamic law.Their peripatetic lifestyle and voluntary acts of materialdivestment, such as living on thestreets,sleeping on the ground or sheltering…
‘Ganymede and the Eagle’: Representations of Spiritual Ascent in the Greater Iranian World from Late Antiquity to the Medieval Period
Contemporary Art and Sufi Aesthetics in European Contexts
This article examines the work of seven contemporary artists whose aesthetics exemplify the “lived” experience of Islamic mysticism or Sufism (Arabic tasawwuf) within a European context. The work of artists born in Islamic majority countries and familiar with “traditional” Sufi idioms and discourses, but now immersed in Western culture, is often associated with “diasporic art”. From this hybrid perspective some of their artistic narratives reconf…
"Rose Blossoms, Ashura Pudding, and a "Golden Trophy: Embodied Material Traces of Islamic Mysticism in Ottoman Hungary
This study examines three of the most iconic sites associated with Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, in Ottoman Hungary.These are three mausoleums located in Buda, Pcs, and Turbk, near Zigetvr.The first two are the final resting places of the Sufi mystics known as Gl Baba and Idris Baba.The third is Sultan Sleyman's mausoleum next to a Sufi dervish lodge, the foundations of which were uncovered during recent excavations.The research sheds light on th…
Bektaşi Female Leadership in a Transnational Context: The Spiritual Career of a Contemporary Female Dervish in Germany
In this article, I bring premodern and contemporary Bektaşi perspectives to the current ethical debate on gender equality in the Bektaşi Sufi order. While there is tremendous potential in the historical legacy of Kadıncık Ana, the spiritual successor of Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli (d. ca. 1271), and her peers who served as female spiritual leaders in the proto-Bektaşiyye, the institutionalization of the Bektaşi order resulted in the marginalization of wom…
The Role of Plants and Animals in the Termination of Three Buildings at the Spring Lake Tract Neighborhood, Cahokia
Plants and animals play a vital role in the human experience, from providing basic sustenance to creating unique social practices that may govern familial, political, or religious experiences; reconstitute identities; or forge social relationships. In this article, we present analyses on the ethnobotanical and zoological remains recently recovered from the Spring Lake Tract, Cahokia, a neighborhood populated from approximately AD 900 to 1275. The…
Binding and Unbinding: The Knotted Serpents on the Lining of the So-called Mantle of Roger II (528/1133–4)
In a recent thought-provoking analysis of the iconography on the exterior of the Mantle of Roger II (r. 1105–1154), the Norman ruler of Sicily and southern Italy, William Tronzo has advanced a compelling hypothesis suggesting that the Mantle may actually have been intended to serve as Roger’s shroud. This article examines the intriguing but rarely discussed figured silks found within the Mantle’s lining to assess whether their iconography aligns …
Metamorphosis, Mediation, Mannat: Sufi Spiritual Ecology and Endangered Animals in Bangladesh and Pakistan
In the South Asian discourse of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, ‘natural’ functions can be transcended and bodily boundaries are permeable. Defying species boundaries, this relational ontology entails a belief in the capacity for bodily transformation, or metamorphosis, from one category of being to another (as from human to nonhuman animal). In turn, both human and animal actors enter into conversation with mediating ‘spirits’. To this day, these …
History (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mysticism (3 works)