Record Nr.

UNINA9910974556803321

Titolo

Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim contexts : perspectives from the past / / edited by Derryl N. MacLean and Sikeena Karmali Ahmed

Pubbl/distr/stampa


[Edinburgh], : Edinburgh University Press, 2012

ISBN

9781784023591

1784023590

9780748644575

0748644571

9781299147829

1299147828

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Exploring Muslim contexts

Altri autori (Persone)

MacleanDerryl N

AhmedSikeena Karmali

Disciplina

303.4821767

Soggetti

Islamic civilization

Muslims - Relations

Islamic countries History

Islamic countries Relations

Islamic countries Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with the Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : cosmopolitanisms in Muslim contexts / Derryl N. MacLean -- Freeborn villagers : Islam and the local uses of cosmopolitan connections in the Tanzanian countryside / Felicitas Becker -- Interrogating Cosmopolitanism in an Indian Ocean setting : thinking through Mombasa on the Swahili Coast / Kai Kresse -- Translators of empire : colonial cosmopolitanism, Ottoman bureaucrats and the struggle over the governance of Yemen, 1898-1914 / Thomas Kuehn -- Islampolis, Cosmopolis : Ottoman urbanity between myth, memory and postmodernity / Ariel Salzmann -- Cosmopolitan cursing in late-nineteenth century Alexandria / Will Hanley -- Kebabs and port wine : the culinary cosmopolitanism of Anglo-Persian Dining, 1800-1835 / Nile Green -- Abdur Rahman Chughtai : cosmopolitan Mughal

aesthetic in the age of print / Iftikhar Dadi -- Cosmopolitanism and authenticity : the doctrine of Tashabbuh Bil-Kuffar (Imitating the Infidel) in modern South Asian fatwas / Muhammad Khalid Masud -- About the contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

Cosmopolitanism has become a key concept in social and political thought, standing in opposition to ideologies such as nationalism, parochialism and fundamentalism. Much recent discussion of this concept has been situated with contemporary Western self-perceptions, with little inclusion of information from historical Muslim contexts. This volume redresses the balance by focusing attention on instances in modern world history where cosmopolitan ideas and practices pervaded specific Muslim societies and cultures.--cover.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703394503321

Autore

Benedict Mark A