Abstract:

The book, prepared by Raoul Motika, who has been the director of Orient Istanbul for many years, Martin Greve, known for his studies on Dersim music, and Ulaş Özdemir, who has many studies on Alevi music, contributes to international academic studies on Alevism as an internal and external perspective. The book consists of three parts. The headings of the section and the article titles and authors respectively; “Introduction” by Martin Greve, Ulaş Özdemir, Raoul Motika; Part one: Ritual, Body and Aesthetic. First article “The Aesthetics of Contemporary Flame Religious Practice: A Bodily-and-Material Cultures' Approach” by Robert Langer, secondly “The Drinking Dervishes. An Inquiry into Ritual Inebriation in a Bektashi Congregation” by Nicolas Elias, thirdly “Movement and Adaptation of the Alevi Semah for the Stage: From Fellowship Ceremony-Samah to 'We'” by Sinibaldo De Rosa. Second part: Ritual and Musical Performance; first article “The Life of a Ritual Repertoire and its Aesthetic: Cem Ceremonies in Tekke Village, the Village of Abdal Musa” by Jérôme Cler, secondly “Miracles and Tears. Religious Music in Dersim / Tunceli” by Martin Greve, third, ‘’            With or Without Baglama? A Religious Aesthetic Debate on 'Music' Performance in Funerals” by Ulaş Özdemir; in the third part: Written Sources of Alevi Cultural Heritage; first article “Ali Ufuḳi’s Notation Collections as Sources for ‘Âşıḳ’ Culture and Literature” by Judith I. Haug, secondly “The Materiality of Alevi Written Heritage: Beautiful Objects, Valuable Manuscripts, and Ordinary Books” by Janina Karolewski and last title Contributors.

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