Format:
322 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781107106123
,
9781107513976
Series Statement:
New approaches to Asian history
Content:
Islam across the Oxus (7-17 centuries) -- Becoming Muslim (7-18 centuries) -- Networks and renewal (18-19 centuries) -- Pan-Islamism and nationalism (19-20 centuries) -- Muslims in the nation-state (1940s-1960s) -- New imaginations of piety (1960s-1990s) -- Islam as resistance -- De-centering Islamic authority -- Studying Asia and Islam
Content:
"This book presents a transregional approach to the intersection of Islam and developments in other spheres of the human experience across Asia, thus covering a vast territory and a wide time span during which these lands saw much transformation. The primary interest is in offering the big picture of how and why Asia (here meaning the lands beyond the Oxus/Amu Darya river, Uzbekistan) is central to the history of Islam, and vice versa. The theoretical contribution is in the approach, as the book brings together two fields of study that have rarely spoken to each other--Islamic Studies and Asian Studies--thus directly challenging the assumption of an Arab-centric paradigm of Islamic authenticity and authority, and presenting an alternative narrative that delineates the impact (on Islam) of Muslims who inhabit(ed) the ma wara' an-nahr; it discusses how Islam became an integral part of Asia, influencing local conceptions of power as well as the sciences, the arts, and the bureaucracy, converting individuals and influencing societies; it ultimately concludes that the very existence of an intra-Asian space of interaction allowed for multi-directional influences on Islamic practices and understandings at the "centre" as well as the "peripheries" of the Muslim world"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316226803
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9781316226803
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Asien
;
Islam
;
Geschichte 601-2020
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