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Sufism, Islam, sociology, Anthropology, Spirituality, Esotericism, New Age, Conspiracy Theories

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Fondazione Giorgio Cini: Venezia, Veneto, IT

2017-05-07 to present | Director (Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations and Spiritualities )
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Francesco Piraino

Ca' Foscari University of Venice: Venice, IT

2020-11-01 to 2023-02-01 | SPIN postdoctoral fellow (Faculty of Social Sciences)
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Francesco Piraino

Education and qualifications (2)

Scuola Normale Superiore Classe di Scienze Umane: Pisa, Toscana, IT

2011-11-03 to 2016-02-09 | PhD (Sociology)
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Francesco Piraino

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2011-11-03 to 2016-02-09 | PhD (Sociologie)
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International Society for the Sociology of Religion: Bruxelles, BE

2017 | Best scientific article 2017
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Works (27)

‘Islamic humanism’: another form of universalism in contemporary Sufism

Religion
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0048721x.2022.2130836
Part of ISSN: 0048-721X
Part of ISSN: 1096-1151
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino
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Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories

Routledge
2022-11 | Edited book
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Introduction

2022-11-30 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.4324/9781003120940-1
Contributors: Francesco Piraino; Marco Pasi; Egil Asprem
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Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories

2022-11-30 | Book
DOI: 10.4324/9781003120940
Contributors: Francesco Piraino; Marco Pasi; Egil Asprem
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The Eurasia Network

2022-11-30 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.4324/9781003120940-15
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Da “Venezia e l’Oriente” al “Centro Studi di Civiltà e Spiritualità Comparate”

La Fondazione Giorgio Cini Settant’anni di storia
2022-10 | Book chapter
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Esoteric Transfers and Constructions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Palgrave
2021 | Edited book
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Il movimento euroasiatista in Italia: tra complottismo e contro-epistemologia

Studi culturali
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1405/100500
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Religion, Law and the Politics of Ethical Diversity

Routledge
2021 | Edited book
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Sufi Festivals as a Social Movement: Spirituality, Aesthetics, and Politics

Sociologica
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.6092/ISSN.1971-8853/11364
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

The Sufi Shaykh and His Patients: Merging Islam, Psychoanalysis, and Western Esotericism

Esoteric Transfers and Constructions
2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61788-2_9
Part of ISBN: 9783030617875
Part of ISBN: 9783030617882
Contributors: Francesco Piraino; Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Sufism Meets the New Age Discourse: Part 1

International Journal for the Study of New Religions
2021-08-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.19550
Part of ISSN: 2041-952X
Part of ISSN: 2041-9511
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Sufism Meets the New Age Discourse Part 2

International Journal for the Study of New Religions
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.22266
Part of ISSN: 2041-952X
Part of ISSN: 2041-9511
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Global Sufism Boundaries, Structures, and Politics

Hurst
2019 | Edited book
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Les politiques du soufisme en France : le cas de la Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya

Social Compass
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0037768618816095
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Francesco Piraino

Queer Muslims in South Africa: engaging Islamic tradition

Journal for Islamic Studies
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

Pilgrimages in Western European Sufism

Muslim Pilgrimage in Europe "Pilgrimages in Western European Sufism" in Richard Natvig and Ingvild Flaskereud (eds), Muslim Pilgrimage in Europe. London – New York: Routledge, pp.157-169.
2017 | Book chapter
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Francesco Piraino

Between real and virtual communities: Sufism in Western societies and the Naqshbandi Haqqani case

Social Compass
2016 | Journal article
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Francesco Piraino

Le développement du soufisme en Europe. Au-delà de l'antinomie tradition et modernité

2016 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Francesco Piraino

L’héritage de René Guénon dans le soufisme du XXIe siècle en France et en Italie

RELIGIOLOGIQUES
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Francesco Piraino
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Francesco Piraino

René Guénon et son héritage dans le soufisme du XXIème siècle

Religiologiques
2016 | Journal article
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Francesco Piraino

Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona: Popular Worship between Religiosity and Identity

Critical Research on Religion
2015 | Journal article
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Francesco Piraino

Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona: Popular Worship between Religiosity and Identity

Critical Research on Religion
2015-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/2050303215593150
Part of ISSN: 2050-3032
Part of ISSN: 2050-3040
Contributors: Francesco Piraino; Francesco Piraino; Laura Zambelli
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Francesco Piraino

Bruno Guiderdoni—Among Sufism, Traditionalism and Science: A Reply to Bigliardi Francesco Piraino, Scuola Normale Superiore, École des hautes études en sciences sociales

Social Epistemology
2014 | Journal article
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Francesco Piraino

Mamma Schiavona e Santa Rosalia: tra religiosità e identità

La religione popolare nella società post-secolare
2014 | Book chapter
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Francesco Piraino

Entrare nel sé divino: un confronto etnografico comparato, tra mistica cristiana e mistica musulmana in Italia

Religioni e società
2011 | Journal article
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Francesco Piraino

ESOTERICISATION AND DE-ESOTERICISATION OF SUFISM: THE AḤMADIYYA-IDRĪSIYYA SHĀDHILIYYA IN ITALY

Correspondences
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Francesco Piraino
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