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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821609203321

Autore

Pirbhai M. Reza

Titolo

Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian context [[electronic resource] /] / by M. Reza Pirbhai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-60285-3

9786612602856

90-474-3102-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

297.0954

Soggetti

Islam - South Asia - History

Islamic renewal - South Asia - History

Muslims - South Asia - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.