Husain Kassim

Islamicate Societies (eBook, PDF)

A Case Study of Egypt and Muslim India Modernization, Colonial Rule, and the Aftermath

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The basic contention of this study is that the colonial rule had far more serious consequence than it has been realized. It radically transformed the nature of the Islamic societies of Egypt and Muslim India to that of an 'Islamicate'societies. This affected the religious, cultural, social, and legal aspects including ethnic and minority relations, gender relations and even their educational system. The phrase 'Islamicate' is here borrowed from Marshall Hodgson, who used it in his The Ventures of Islam to indicate the changes that took place due to the modernization under the impact of the West and colonial rule. However, our investigation takes it into a different direction, demonstrating how and what ways this phenomenon of the 'Islamicate' has changed the Islamic identity of Egypt and Muslim India. This study analyzes varied aspects such as religious, social, cultural, legal, and other aspects of the Egyptian and Muslim Indian societies through the mechanisms of change that the colonial rule brought to them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216323686
• Artikelnr.: 74390983

Autorenporträt

Dr. Husain Kassim is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida. He has also taught as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Bremen, the Fulbright-University of Salzburg Distinguish Chair in Intercultural Theology and Religion, and as a Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Karachi. Dr. Kassim's areas of specialization are Islamic Studies, Islamic Law and Medieval Philosophy. He is the author of Sarkhsi: The Doctrine of Juristic Preference in Islamic Jurisprudence, Aristotle and Aristotelianism in Medieval Muslim, Jewish and Christian Philosophy, and Legitimizing Modernity in Islam: Muslim Modus Vivendi and Western Modernity as well as several articles on similar topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What this study is about
Chapter 1: The Historical Landscape of Egypt and Muslim India as Islamic
Societies Prior to Colonial Rule
Chapter 2: Shifting Identities: The 'Islamicate' Societies of Egypt, Muslim
India (Pakistan), Muslims in India, and its Aftermath
Chapter 3: Ethnicity and Minorities
Chapter 4: Transformation of Traditional Islamic Language and Literature
into a Modern 'Islamicate' Literature
Chapter 5: Legal System and Judicial Institutions of Egypt and Muslim India
Chapter 6: Education, Educational System and Islamization Project of
Knowledge
Chapter 7:An 'Islamicate' Woman: Gender Relations and Women's Rights