Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian context /

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Considering seminal sources of doctrine, literary expressions of practice and colonial records of reform, this book challenges dominant perspectives on South Asian Muslim society between 1526-1947, and offers an original paradigm of Islamic doctrine and Muslim practice applicable more broadly.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pirbhai, M. Reza
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Social sciences in Asia ; v. 25.
Subjects:
Islam > South Asia > History.
Islamic renewal > South Asia > History.
Muslims > South Asia > History.
Islam > Asie méridionale > Histoire.
Renouveau islamique > Asie méridionale > Histoire.
Musulmans > Asie méridionale > Histoire.
RELIGION > Islam > History.
Islam.
Islamic renewal.
Muslims.
South Asia.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Translation and Transliteration Note; Maps; Chronology of Major Muslim States, Relations with the English East India Company and British Raj in South Asia, 570-1947; Introduction; PART ONE FOUNDATIONS: ISLAM AND THE MUGHALS; Chapter One: The Categories of Doctrinal Islam; Chapter Two: Indicism, Intoxication and Sobriety among the 'Great Mughals'; PART TWO TRANSFORMATIONS: ISLAM AND COLONIALISM; Chapter Three: Codification and a 'New' Sober Path; Chapter Four: Anglicisation and the 'Old Islam'; Chapter Five: Objectifi cation and a 'New' Intoxicated Way.
  • Chapter Six: Nationalism and the 'New Islam'Conclusion: Towards a 'Post-Orientalist' History; Selected Bibliography; Glossary; Index of Persons; Index of Subjects.

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