Darkest England - Shah, Idries

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Résumé :
In his best-selling Darkest England, Idries Shah asserts that the English hail from a little-known place called 'Hathaby', but their roots go back much farther, perhaps to the distant Asian realm of Sakasina. Once a nomadic tribe of warriors, the English fled westward, bringing with them epic tales, traditions, and an Oriental way of thought. Shah charts the genius of the English in adopting and adapting 'almost anything spiritual, moral or material' for their own use - a faculty that has transformed them from warrior nomads into successful diplomats, businessmen, thinkers and scientists.

Biographie:
Idries Shah spent much of his life collecting and publishing Sufi classical narratives and teaching stories from oral and written sources in the Middle East and Central Asia. The tales he retold especially for children are published by Hoopoe Books in beautifully illustrated editions and have been widely commended - by Western educators and psychologists, the U.S. Library of Congress, National Public Radio and other media - for their unique ability to foster social-emotional development, thinking skills and perception in children and adults alike. Told for centuries, these stories express universal themes from the cultures that produced them, showing how much we have in common and can learn from each other. As noted by reviewers, such stories are more than just entertaining; familiarity with them provokes flexibility of thought, since each one contains levels of meaning that unfold in accordance with an individual's experience and understanding.Idries Shah pas? gran parte de su vida recolectando narrativas cl?sicas suf?es e historias de ense?anza de fuentes orales y escritas en el Medio Oriente y Asia Central y public?ndolas en libros. Los 11 cuentos de este tipo que adapt? especialmente para ni?os han sido publicados por Hoopoe Books en ediciones bellamente ilustradas, y elogiadas por educadores y psic?logos occidentales, as? como por la Biblioteca del Congreso de EE. UU., National Public Radio y otros medios, por su capacidad ?nica de fomentar el desarrollo socioemocional, y la capacidad de pensamiento y percepci?n, tanto en ni?os como en adultos. Contadas durante siglos, estas historias expresan temas universales y ofrecen una representaci?n positiva de culturas importantes, pero a menudo incomprendidas, mostrando cu?nto tenemos en com?n y qu? podemos aprender unos de otros. Estos cuentos reconocen la individualidad y singularidad de un ni?o y fomentan un sentido de confianza, responsabilidad y prop?sito.