Oberoi When Does History Begin?

Religion, Narrative, and Identity in the Sikh Tradition
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8736-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 269 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Documents how the premodern techniques of narrating the past in South Asia were deeply transformed by colonial modernity, resulting in newer forms of truth-telling within the Sikh community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oberoi, Harjot

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Sikhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Glossary
Preface

Introduction: After Affect – Poetry, Positivism, History

1. Brotherhood of the Pure: The Poetics and Politics of Cultural Transgression

2. Empire, Orientalism, and Native Informants: The Scholarly Endeavours of Sir Attar Singh Bhadour

3. Religious Protest: From Gurdwara Rikabganj to Viceregal Palace

4. The Ghadar Movement and Its Anarchist Genealogy

5. The Inner Life of Bhagat Singh and the Making of a Maximal Self

6. An Epic Without a Text: Imagining the Indian Diaspora

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Harjot Oberoi is Professor of South Asian History at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity, and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition.