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Scholarship in Action: Essays on the Life and Work of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936)
The Dutch scholar Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936) was one of the most famous orientalists of his time. He acquired early fame through his daring research in Mecca in 1884-85, masterly narrated in two books and accompanied by two portfolios of photographs. As an adviser to the colonial government in the Dutch East Indies from 1889 until 1906, he was on horseback during campaigns of “pacification” and published extensively on Indonesian cultures and languages. Meanwhile he successively married two Sundanese women with whom he had several children. In 1906 he became a professor in Leiden and promoted together with colleagues abroad the study of modern Islam, meant to be useful for...
The Achehnese
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The Revolt in Arabia
A translation of articles published in the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche courant, July 14, 1916, with an appendix, "The official proclamation of the Shereef to the whole Moslem world, as it appeared translated into English in the Near East for August 25, 1916." cf. Foreword.
Mohammedanism
"Mohammedanism: Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State" by C. Snouck Hurgronjemis a pivotal text when it comes to studying how religion and politics are often intertwined. This book, in particular, focuses on how Islam has, through its followers, become as much a political force and a religious one to many people. Through reading this text, you are able to understand how the same concept can be applied to other religions around the world.
