Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation - Hardcover

Ahmed, Hilal

 
9781138020160: Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation
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ISBN 10: 1138020168 ISBN 13: 9781138020160
Publisher: Routledge India, 2014

Synopsis

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 as ‘political sites’ as well as emerging Muslim religiosities and the internal configurations of Muslim politics in India. He also looks at the modes by which a memory of a royal Muslim past is articulated for political mobilisation.

Raising critical questions such as whether Muslim responses to political questions are homogenous, the book will greatly interest researchers and students of political science, modern Indian history, sociology, as well as the general reader interested in contemporary India.

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Routledge India
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138020168
ISBN 13 
9781138020160
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
344

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