Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India

Monuments, Memory, Contestation
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-17688-4
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

The book examines the postcolonial Muslim political discourse through monuments. It establishes a link between the process by which historic buildings become monuments and the gradual transformation of these historic/legal entities into political objects. The author studies the multiple interpretations of Indo-Islamic historical buildings aspolit

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahmed, Hilal

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Monumentalisation in Colonial India: Discovery of an Indian Muslim Architectural Heritage 3. Monumentalisation in Postcolonial India: Conservation, Law and Muslim Politics 4. Jama Masjid and the Political Memory of a Royal Muslim Past 5. Babri Masjid and the Muslim Politics of Right to Heritage 6. Conclusion. Appendices. Select Bibliography. About the Author. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hilal Ahmed is Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi.