Buch, Englisch, 872 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 1022 g
Comprising The Ascendancy of Congress in Uttar Pradesh; The Construction of Communalism in Colonial North India; Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism, and History in India
Buch, Englisch, 872 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 1022 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-569703-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
The Ascendancy of Congress in Uttar Pradesh, 1920-40 investigates the social contradictions, class forces, and efforts at political mobilization in Uttar Pradesh.
The Construction of Communalism in Colonial North India, charts out the history of the term communalism and the politics and attitudes it seeks to encapsulate. The second edition updates the discussion on communalism in a postcolonial world.
Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism, and History in India analyses questions of history and memory, the nationalization of populations and their pasts, and the ways in which violent events are remembered.
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Introduction by Gyanendra Pandey. 1. The Ascendancy of Congress in Uttar Pradesh 1920-40 Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; 1. The Bengal Muslims: Problems in Social Integration; 2. Fundamentalist Reform and the Rural Response; 3. Fundamentalists and Traditionalists: From Confrontation to Consensus; 4. A Crisis of Identity: Muslims or Bengalis?; 5. Education, Employment, and Social Mobilization; Towards Political Solidarity
and Communal Separatism; Conclusion; Notes and References; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
2. The Construction of Communalism in Colonial North India Preface and Acknowledgements; Tables; Glossary;1. Introduction; 2. The Myth of Muslim Unity: Colonial and National Narratives; 3. Making a Separate Nation; 4. India Partitioned: The Other Face of Freedom; 5. Secularism: The Post-colonial Predicament; 6. Forging Secular Identities; 7. Redifining Boundaries: Modernist Interpretations and the New 'Intellectual Structures'; Empowering Differences: Political Actions,
Sectarian Violence, and the Retreat of Secularism; Ayodhya and its Consequences: Reappraising Minority Identity; Appendixes-A. Distribution of Muslim Population in India; B. The Divine Law; C. Resolutions of the All-India Jamiyat-Ulama-I Islam conference; D. What Does Secularism Mean?'; E. 'Myths Relating to Minorities in
India'; Select Bibliography; Index
3. Remembering Partition Preface to the Paperback Edition; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Note of Transliteration, Introduction; The Ulama in Transition-1. The 'Ulama in Transition: The Eighteenth Century; 2. The 'Ulama in Transition: The Early Nineteenth Century; The Deobandi Movement and School-3. The Madrasah at Deoband; 4. The Style of Religious Leadership, I: Muftis and Shaikhs; 5. The Style of Religious Leadership, II: Writers and Debaters; 6. The Social Milieu of
the Deobandi 'Ulama; Other movements of Renewal-7. Alternative Tendencies within Sunni Islam: The Ahl-I Hadis and the Barelwis; 8. Further Alternatives: Aligarh and Nadwah; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
