Islamic tolerance : Amīr Khusraw and pluralism /

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Although pluralism and religious tolerance are most often associated today with Western Enlightenment thinkers, the roots of these ideologies stretch back to non-Western and premodern societies, including many under Muslim rule. This book explores the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gabbay, Alyssa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Colección:Iranian studies (London, England) ; 9.
Temas:
Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, > approximately 1253-1325 > Political and social views.
Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, > approximately 1253-1325.
Religious pluralism > India > History.
Islam > Relations > Hinduism.
Hinduism > Relations > Islam.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Ethnic relations.
Hinduism.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Political and social views.
Religious pluralism.
India > Ethnic relations > History.
India.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: "O wind, tell the demons and fairies" : a call for reconciliation in Northern India
  • Amīr Khusraw and the uniting of opposites
  • Tolerance in medieval South Asia : an overview
  • The framework of frontier studies : when two cultures meet
  • Islamic civilization as an ever-changing glacial wave
  • Understanding cultural change through frontier studies
  • Examples of synthesis and conciliation
  • Khusraw as the exponent of a new, third culture
  • Setting new standards of legitimacy in the Dibachah
  • Minting new currency in the Dibachah
  • How the Dibachah came to be written
  • The structure of the hierarchies
  • Khusraw's response to the various hierarchies
  • The poet's defense of Persian vs. Arabic
  • The poet's defense of Indians and Persians vs. Arabs
  • Legitimating Hindavi as an authentic Muslim language
  • Double entendre (Iham) and Indo-Persian innovation
  • A show-stopping example of Iham
  • Balancing gender roles : male/female dynamics in the Hasht Bihisht (eight paradises), 1301/2
  • Breaking Nizami's golden seal of eloquence : Khusraw's Khamsah
  • The Bahram Gur story and the portrayal of women
  • Firdawsi : the construction of heroic masculinity
  • Nizami : the reseating of Fitnah
  • Amir Khusraw : the lion-capturing deer
  • A clear deconstructionist character
  • Female rule in the Delhi Sultanate : the example of Raziyyah
  • The influence of mysticism
  • Was Khusraw a medieval feminist?
  • Toward a more equitable world
  • They see my Hindu kill in the style of Turks : the dismantling of a dichotomy in the Nuh Sipihr (nine skies), 1318/9
  • Writing to please a pleasure-loving king
  • Turk and Hindu in history
  • Amir Khusraw's use of Turk and Hindu
  • Seeds of ambiguity
  • The Third Sipihr : a new chapter on Hindus
  • A generative union
  • Conclusion: Glorious the radiance of that exalted sun : pluralistic ideals on the subcontinent and beyond
  • Uncovering the authentic Khusraw
  • The question of legacy.

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