The Gabriel of Madness : Islamic Poetry and Ethics in an Age of Hindu Nationalism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taneja, Anand Vivek, 1980-

Series:

Islamic Humanities Series

Islamic Humanities Series ; v.7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2026.

Summary:

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Since a right-wing Hindu nationalist government came to power in 2014, Indian Muslims have faced rampant Islamophobia, lynchings and mob violence, discriminatory legislation, and economic ostracism. How have Indian Muslims--the largest religious minority in the world's largest democracy--responded to the failures and demise of state secularism? Using the lens of Urdu poetry, this beautiful ethnography explores how Indian Muslims have drawn upon Islamic traditions to actualize free-thinking selves and imagine a pluralistic society unbeholden to coercive state power. Through poetic symposiums, interviews, social media, and deep conversations with diverse Muslim interlocutors, from religious leaders to politicians, civil society activists to poets, Anand Vivek Taneja paints a portrait of the vitality of Indian Muslim artistic, ethical, and spiritual life at a moment of existential crisis.

Contents:

Cover

Subvention

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note on Transliterations and Translations

Prologue

Introduction

1. Wehshat

2. The Ghost of Ghalib

3. This Is the Woman's Miracle

4. Jaun Elia from Heaven

5. "In Me Is the Essence of the Gita"

6. Islam Comes Alive After Every Karbala

7. Nest upon Nest

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Taneja, Anand Vivek The Gabriel of Madness

ISBN:

9780520422810

OCLC:

1581076833