“The Reception of Rūmī’s Work in France: Cultural Mediations, Symbolic Transfers and the Recomposition of Belief”, by Khalid El Khadiri
In the journal La Clé des Langues (ENS de Lyon, March 2026), Khalid El Khadiri, a PhD candidate in the history and sociology of religions at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), examines the contemporary reception in France of the work of the Persian poet and mystic Ǧalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207-1273).
Combining cultural history, the sociology of religion and the study of Sufism, he shows how Rūmī’s work, carried far beyond Islamic studies and Sufi-order circles, undergoes a symbolic reconfiguration: translations, aesthetic devices and spiritual mediators tend to universalise a “contemporary Rūmī”, partly detached from his Islamic and Sufi roots. Through this case, the article sheds light on the current recompositions of belief in secularised societies.
Dans la revue La Clé des Langues (ENS de Lyon, mars 2026), Khalid El Khadiri, doctorant en histoire et sociologie des religions à l’École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), analyse la réception contemporaine de l’œuvre du poète et mystique persan Ǧalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207-1273) en France.
Croisant histoire culturelle, sociologie du religieux et études du soufisme, il montre comment cette œuvre, portée bien au-delà des cercles islamologiques et confrériques, fait l’objet d’une reconfiguration symbolique : traductions, dispositifs esthétiques et médiateurs spirituels tendent à universaliser un « Rûmî contemporain », partiellement détaché de son ancrage islamique et soufi. À travers ce cas, l’article éclaire les recompositions actuelles du croire dans les sociétés sécularisées.
إنّ خالد الخضيري، طالبَ الدكتوراه في تاريخ الأديان وعلم اجتماعها بالمدرسة التطبيقيّة للدراسات العليا (EPHE)، يُحلّل في مجلّة La Clé des Langues (المدرسةُ العليا للأساتذة بليون، آذار/مارس 2026) التلقّيَ المعاصر في فرنسا لأعمال الشاعر والمتصوّف الفارسيّ جلال الدين الروميّ (1207-1273).
وبالجمع بين التاريخ الثقافيّ وسوسيولوجيا الدين ودراسات التصوّف، يُبيّن كيف تخضع أعمالُ الروميّ، التي تجاوز حضورُها الأوساطَ الإسلاميّة والطُّرقيّة بكثير، لإعادة تشكيلٍ رمزيّ. فقد تنزع الترجماتُ والأجهزةُ الجماليّة والوسطاءُ الروحيّون إلى إضفاء طابعٍ كونيّ على «روميٍّ معاصر»، منفصلٍ جزئيّاً عن جذوره الإسلاميّة والصوفيّة. ومن هنا يُلقي المقالُ الضوءَ، من خلال هذه الحالة، على عمليّات إعادة تشكيل الاعتقاد الراهنة في المجتمعات العلمانيّة.
Khalid El Khadiri, « La réception de l’œuvre de Ǧalāl al-Dīn Rūmī en France : médiations culturelles, transferts symboliques et recomposition du croire », La Clé des Langues, ENS de Lyon / DGESCO, 13 mars 2026.
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