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Friedrich Rosen
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 636

Friedrich Rosen

The German lacuna in Edward Said’s 'Orientalism' has produced varied studies of German cultural and academic Orientalisms. So far the domains of German politics and scholarship have not been conflated to probe the central power/knowledge nexus of Said’s argument. Seeking to fill this gap, the diplomatic career and scholarly-literary productions of the centrally placed Friedrich Rosen serve as a focal point to investigate how politics influenced knowledge generated about the “Orient” and charts the roles knowledge played in political decision-making regarding extra-European regions. This is pursued through analyses of Germans in British imperialist contexts, cultures of lowly diplomat...

Hidden Histories of Pakistan
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 311

Hidden Histories of Pakistan

Examines the role of progressive Muslim intellectuals in the Pakistan movement through the lens of censorship.

Translocality
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 472

Translocality

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-01-25
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This volume discusses globalising processes from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. It focuses on the ‘global south’, notably the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Densely researched case studies examine a variety of approaches for their potential to understand connecting processes on different scales. The studies seek to overcome the main traps of the ‘globalisation’ paradigm, such as its occidental bias, its notion of linear expansion, its simplifying dichotomy between ‘local’ and ‘global’, and an often-found lack of historical depth. They elaborate the asymmetries, mobilities, opportunities and barriers involved in globalising processes. Their new perspective on these processes is captured by the concept of ‘translocality’, which aims at integrating a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches from different disciplines.

The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-1877
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-1877

Examining the history of Lucknow, Veena Talwar Oldenburg shows how the results of its transformation after the Mutiny of 1857 continue to pervade the city even today. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Kingdom of Awadh
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 188

The Kingdom of Awadh

Comes The Period Between 1720 To 1856 And Provides An Analysis On Aspects Of Awadh Administration Such As Revenue, Justice, Police, Military, Education, Health And Forests Etc. Also Contains A Brief Dimension About Art, Music, Architecture, Literature.

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 287

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-03-06
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. Du Perron examines Thumi Lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective.

The 'Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

The 'Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia

"The learned and holy men of Farangi Mahall were the consolidators in India of the rationalist traditions of Islamic scholarship derived from Iran. These were encapsulated in a renowned and widely used syllabus which they created and which became the dominant system of Indian Islamic education from the eighteenth century. These traditions represented a confident and flexible Islamic understanding which, many felt, had the capacity to preserve Islam even while selectively adopting social, cultural and technological changes from the West. Between 1780 and 1820 these traditions were arguably poised to bring forth some form of Islamic enlightenment. But over the course of the nineteenth century ...

Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 291

Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-11-25
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The authors in this volume analyze the rich layers of circulation and exchange of art, architecture, and literature within South Asia from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries, focusing on the interaction of Muslims and Islamic traditions with other people and traditions there.

Embodying Charisma
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

Embodying Charisma

This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations and breaks new ground in current research.