Self-Discovery Through the ‘Other’: Reshaping Consciousness Among Sufism, Literature and Philosophy in Rumi’s The Merchant and the Parrot and Montesquieu’s The Persian Letters
World Journal of English Language August 23, 2024 S. Hassanin, N. Alahmadi, A. Hasan
This research paper explores how engaging with the 'other' can challenge and reshape one's preconceptions, focusing on Edmund Husserl's concept of intentional consciousness. It examines The Merchant and the Parrot by Jalal Al-Din Rumi (1207 –1273) and The Persian Letters by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689 –1755), highlighting how encounters with non-Western characters lead to...