Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian Context

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Despite late reconsideration, a dominant paradigm rooted in Orientalist essentialisations of Islam as statically ‘legalistic’ and Muslims as uniformly ‘transgressive’ when local customs are engaged, continues to distort perspectives of South Asia's past and present. This has led to misrepresentations of pre-colonial Muslim norms and undue emphasis on colonial reforms alone when charting the course to post-coloniality. This book presents and challenges staple perspectives with a comprehensive reinterpretation of doctrinal sources, literary expressions and colonial records spanning the period from the reign of the 'Great Mughals' to end of the 'British Raj' (1526-1947). The result is an alternative vision of this transformative period in South Asian history, and an original paradigm of Islamic doctrine and Muslim practice applicable more broadly.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-09-30
Mått160 x 240 x 23 mm
Vikt699 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSocial Sciences in Asia
Antal sidor392
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004177581

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Acknowledgements Translation and Transliteration NoteMaps Chronology IntroductionPart I—Foundations: Islam and the MughalsChapter One: The Categories of Doctrinal IslamChapter Two: Indicism, Intoxication and Sobriety among the ‘Great Mughals’Part II—Transformations: Islam and ColonialismChapter Three: Codification and a ‘New’ Sober PathChapter Four: Anglicisation and the ‘Old Islam’Chapter Five: Objectification and a ‘New’ Intoxicated WayChapter Six: Nationalism and the ‘New Islam’BibliographyGlossaryIndex