Islam in South Asia

A Short History

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8066596
AutoresJamal Malik (0000-0002-6128-6028, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Páginas520
Fecha de publicación2008-08-29
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaIslam in South Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004168596.i-520
OpenAlexW4238085083
Open LibraryOL16871642M
ISBN9789004168596
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

Islamic South Asia has become a focal point in academia. Where did Muslims come from? How did they fare in interacting with Hindu cultures? How did they negotiate identity as ruling and ruled minorities and majorities? Part I covers early Muslim expansion and the formative phase in context of initial cultural encounter (app. 700-1300). Part II views the establishment of Muslim empire, cultures oscillating between Islamic and Islamicate, centralised and regionalised power (app. 1300-1700). Part III is composed in the backdrop of regional centralisation, territoriality and colonial rule, displaying processes of integration and differentiation of Muslim cultures in colonial setting (app. 1700-1930). Tensions between Muslim pluralism and singularity evolving in public sphere make up the fourth cluster (app. 1930-2002

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Centralisation · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Empire · Epistemology · Geography · Identity (music · Islam · Negotiation · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Territoriality · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · asia · History · Muslims · Religion · Religión · Religions · South asia · Law · Philosophy