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Struggling with History: Islam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean (Society and History in the Indian Ocean) - Softcover
This volume compares and contrasts anthropological and historical approaches to the study of the Indian Ocean by focusing on the vexed nature of 'cosmopolitanism'. The chapters contribute to current debates on the nature of cosmopolitanism, the comparative study of Muslim societies, and the study of colonial and post-colonial contexts. There are few books on the market that combine serious interdisciplinary scholarship and regional ethnographic expertise with comparable ambition.
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Edward Simpson is Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths College and an ESRC Research Fellow.
Kai Kresse is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of St Andrews and Research Fellow at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin.
A major and very timely addition to scholarship both on a theoretical and on an empirical level. The case studies contribute greatly to our understanding of the differences and commonalities of urban centers linked to the Indian Ocean from East Africa to India. This highly readable study ought to become a standard work of reference. -- Ulrike Freitag, Free University, Berlin Struggling with History represents the latest phase of thinking through what constitutes the Indian Ocean as a region and how to characterize the fluency of its inhabitants. It offers a fascinating repertoire of Muslim politics and history. -- Michael Lambek, London School of Economics
About the Author:
Edward Simpson is Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths College and an ESRC Research Fellow.
Kai Kresse is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of St Andrews and Research Fellow at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin.
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- PublisherOxford University Press, USA
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0199326428
- ISBN 13 9780199326426
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
- EditorSimpson Edward, Kresse Kai
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