Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian context / by M. Reza Pirbhai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pirbhai, M. Reza.

Series:

Social sciences in Asia ; v. 25.

Social sciences in Asia, 1567-2794 ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--South Asia--History.

Islam.

Islamic renewal--South Asia--History.

Islamic renewal.

Muslims--South Asia--History.

Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / M.R. Pirbhai

Introduction / M.R. Pirbhai

Chapter One. The Categories Of Doctrinal Islam / M.R. Pirbhai

Chapter Two. Indicism, Intoxication And Sobriety Among The ‘Great Mughals’ / M.R. Pirbhai

Chapter Three. Codifi Cation And A ‘New’ Sober Path / M.R. Pirbhai

Chapter Four. Anglicisation And The ‘Old Islam’ / M.R. Pirbhai

Chapter Five. Objectifi Cation And A ‘New’ Intoxicated Way / M.R. Pirbhai

Chapter Six. Nationalism And The ‘New Islam’ / M.R. Pirbhai

Conclusion - Towards A ‘Post-Orientalist’ History / M.R. Pirbhai

Selected Bibliography / M.R. Pirbhai

Primary Sources / M.R. Pirbhai

Secondary Sources / M.R. Pirbhai

Glossary / M.R. Pirbhai

Index Of Persons / M.R. Pirbhai

Index Of Subjects / M.R. Pirbhai.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-358) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60285-3

9786612602856

90-474-3102-2

OCLC:

607555916

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004177581.i-370 DOI