Philosophy and Art in Gurdjieff's Beelzebub

A Modern Sufi Odyssey

• Author(s): Anna T. Challenger,
• Publisher: Rodopi
• Pages: 145
• ISBN_13: 9789042014893
  ISBN_10: 904201489X
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / History / General , Literary Criticism / General , Philosophy / General , Religion / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... This book demonstrates that the most forceful contribution to George Gurdjieff's world-view is Sufism, understood as the tradition of seeking truth wherever it can be found, especially at the meeting place of the world religions. Gurdjieff's masterpiece, Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, is philosophically analyzed in its use of literary devices to jolt the reader into radical transformation.