Reconsidering Islam in a South Asian context / by M. Reza Pirbhai.

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 misrepresent...

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Superior document:Social sciences in Asia, v. 25
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Social sciences in Asia ; v. 25.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.