Hilal Ahmed
Biographic Data
| ID | 354390 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hilal Ahmed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hilal |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmed |
| SIGNATURE | AHMED H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for the Study of Developing Societies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1628-3442 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Monumentalisation in Colonial India
Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation
This book explores the process of monumentalisation of Indo-Islamic historical places and their remaking as political sites in contemporary India situating these within the Muslim political discourse. It studies the process through which various monuments such as the Jama Masjid in Delhi and the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya became ‘political sites’ many decades after independence and the modes by which a memory of a royal Muslim past was articulated f…
Indian Muslims: (Self-)Perceptions and Voting Trends in 2024
There are two dominant explanations of contemporary Muslim voting behaviour. A section of public commentators reiterates an old argument that Muslims always participate in politics to defeat the BJP. This argument is not entirely incorrect. The BJP did not deviate from its Modi-centric Hindutva-driven campaign. The party relied heavily on an apparent anti-Muslim rhetoric to reach out to its core voters. The failure of the BJP to secure an absolut…
The relevance of Imtiaz Ahmad's writings to contemporary debates on Indian Muslim identity
In 1972, Imtiaz Ahmad penned a column titled 'For a Sociology of India' in Contributions to Indian Sociology 6(1). He wrote here: 'We may have Hindu, Muslim, or Christian sociology, but hardly "a sociology of India"' (177). This piece revisits his discussion, more than 50 years later, with a view to recapitulating and highlighting the contemporary relevance of his position on Indian Muslim identity. It engages with three thematic concerns: the po…
Right-Wing Studies: A Roundtable on the State of the Field
Author(s): Bures, Eliah; Mudde, Cas; McIntosh, Janet; HoSang, Daniel Martinez; Lowndes, Joseph; Block, Fred; Givens, Terri; Moallem, Minoo; Ahmed, Hilal; Figueiredo, Ângela; Mason, Carol; Joffe, Carole; Griffin, Roger; Rosenthal, Lawrence
Commemorating Imtiaz Ahmad, Intellectually
Rethinking Muslim Personal Law: Issues, Debates and Reforms
Politics of Shariat in Postcolonial India
This chapter investigates the placing of Shariat in the postcolonial Muslim political discourse. Exploring the ways in which constitutionally granted minority rights are identified as potential sources for articulating political arguments and positions, the chapter looks at two conceptual questions: (a) What are the forms in which Shariat is represented as a political issue? (b) How do these varied political forms draw legal-constitutional legiti…
New India, Hindutva Constitutionalism, and Muslim Political Attitudes
This article explores Muslim political attitudes in contemporary India. It contextualizes the political responses of Muslim communities in the backdrop of two crucial legal-constitutional changes introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government: the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. These changes, I suggest, stem from the official doctrine of New India and its operative mechanism, Hind…
Dhirubhai L. Seth 1936-2021: Commemorating Intellectual Politics
Concepts, Methods and Indian Politics: A Conversation with Sudipta Kaviraj
Researching India's Muslims: Identities, methods, politics
This article maps out the relationship between the academic/intellectual work and political positioning of a Muslim researcher in contemporary India. It is divided into three parts. In the first part, I raise conceptual and methodological questions, especially in relation to my ongoing research on the politics of Muslim political representation. Through these questions I make an attempt to share my own anxieties and the problems that I encounter …
Siyasi Muslims
Mohammad Sajjad, Muslim Politics in Bihar: Changing Contours
How to (Not) Study Muslim Electoral Responses
Mosque as Monument: The Afterlives of Jama Masjid and the Political Memories of a Royal Muslim Past
This article examines various political images of Jama Masjid of Delhi to find out the ways in which historic buildings are transformed into monuments of various kinds. More specifically, it studies a particular event of 1987 when Jama Masjid, a functional Muslim religious place of worship, was closed by its own Imam. The paper makes a broad argument that the afterlives of historical objects produce various kinds of monumentalisation. In the case…
Politics/ Partition(s)/ Memories: Everyday Discourse of Partition(s) in South Asia
New India, Hindutva Constitutionalism, and Muslim Political Attitudes
This article explores Muslim political attitudes in contemporary India. It contextualizes the political responses of Muslim communities in the backdrop of two crucial legal-constitutional changes introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government: the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. These changes, I suggest, stem from the official doctrine of New India and its operative mechanism, Hind…
Researching India's Muslims: Identities, methods, politics
This article maps out the relationship between the academic/intellectual work and political positioning of a Muslim researcher in contemporary India. It is divided into three parts. In the first part, I raise conceptual and methodological questions, especially in relation to my ongoing research on the politics of Muslim political representation. Through these questions I make an attempt to share my own anxieties and the problems that I encounter …
Indian Muslims: (Self-)Perceptions and Voting Trends in 2024
There are two dominant explanations of contemporary Muslim voting behaviour. A section of public commentators reiterates an old argument that Muslims always participate in politics to defeat the BJP. This argument is not entirely incorrect. The BJP did not deviate from its Modi-centric Hindutva-driven campaign. The party relied heavily on an apparent anti-Muslim rhetoric to reach out to its core voters. The failure of the BJP to secure an absolut…
How to (Not) Study Muslim Electoral Responses
Politics/ Partition(s)/ Memories: Everyday Discourse of Partition(s) in South Asia
Mosque as Monument: The Afterlives of Jama Masjid and the Political Memories of a Royal Muslim Past
This article examines various political images of Jama Masjid of Delhi to find out the ways in which historic buildings are transformed into monuments of various kinds. More specifically, it studies a particular event of 1987 when Jama Masjid, a functional Muslim religious place of worship, was closed by its own Imam. The paper makes a broad argument that the afterlives of historical objects produce various kinds of monumentalisation. In the case…
Mohammad Sajjad, Muslim Politics in Bihar: Changing Contours
How to (Not) Study Muslim Electoral Responses
Siyasi Muslims
Researching India's Muslims: Identities, methods, politics
This article maps out the relationship between the academic/intellectual work and political positioning of a Muslim researcher in contemporary India. It is divided into three parts. In the first part, I raise conceptual and methodological questions, especially in relation to my ongoing research on the politics of Muslim political representation. Through these questions I make an attempt to share my own anxieties and the problems that I encounter …
Dhirubhai L. Seth 1936-2021: Commemorating Intellectual Politics
Concepts, Methods and Indian Politics: A Conversation with Sudipta Kaviraj
Rethinking Muslim Personal Law: Issues, Debates and Reforms
Politics of Shariat in Postcolonial India
This chapter investigates the placing of Shariat in the postcolonial Muslim political discourse. Exploring the ways in which constitutionally granted minority rights are identified as potential sources for articulating political arguments and positions, the chapter looks at two conceptual questions: (a) What are the forms in which Shariat is represented as a political issue? (b) How do these varied political forms draw legal-constitutional legiti…
New India, Hindutva Constitutionalism, and Muslim Political Attitudes
This article explores Muslim political attitudes in contemporary India. It contextualizes the political responses of Muslim communities in the backdrop of two crucial legal-constitutional changes introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government: the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. These changes, I suggest, stem from the official doctrine of New India and its operative mechanism, Hind…
Right-Wing Studies: A Roundtable on the State of the Field
Author(s): Bures, Eliah; Mudde, Cas; McIntosh, Janet; HoSang, Daniel Martinez; Lowndes, Joseph; Block, Fred; Givens, Terri; Moallem, Minoo; Ahmed, Hilal; Figueiredo, Ângela; Mason, Carol; Joffe, Carole; Griffin, Roger; Rosenthal, Lawrence
Commemorating Imtiaz Ahmad, Intellectually
Indian Muslims: (Self-)Perceptions and Voting Trends in 2024
There are two dominant explanations of contemporary Muslim voting behaviour. A section of public commentators reiterates an old argument that Muslims always participate in politics to defeat the BJP. This argument is not entirely incorrect. The BJP did not deviate from its Modi-centric Hindutva-driven campaign. The party relied heavily on an apparent anti-Muslim rhetoric to reach out to its core voters. The failure of the BJP to secure an absolut…
The relevance of Imtiaz Ahmad's writings to contemporary debates on Indian Muslim identity
In 1972, Imtiaz Ahmad penned a column titled 'For a Sociology of India' in Contributions to Indian Sociology 6(1). He wrote here: 'We may have Hindu, Muslim, or Christian sociology, but hardly "a sociology of India"' (177). This piece revisits his discussion, more than 50 years later, with a view to recapitulating and highlighting the contemporary relevance of his position on Indian Muslim identity. It engages with three thematic concerns: the po…
Monumentalisation in Colonial India
Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation
This book explores the process of monumentalisation of Indo-Islamic historical places and their remaking as political sites in contemporary India situating these within the Muslim political discourse. It studies the process through which various monuments such as the Jama Masjid in Delhi and the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya became ‘political sites’ many decades after independence and the modes by which a memory of a royal Muslim past was articulated f…
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