| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
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Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies |
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Routledge advances in South Asian studies.
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| Contents |
Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Tabe of contents ; List of illustrations ; Preface ; 1 Introduction: a Muslim researcher in a hybrid field ; Brief remarks on positionality and limitations ; Conceptual framework: jihād and youth |
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2 The quest for a community versus composite nationalism Contending impacts of diverse notions of community:Ummah as a myth? ; The rise of Muslims' discontent with the British ; Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: the introduction of Muslim politics ; Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani: 'composite nationalism'as jihād |
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Adjustment to the new status of being a 'citizen minority' The experience of Kerala ; Summary ; 3 The life-space context and hegemonic discourses; Political subcultures and impediments to Muslim politics ; Political discourses: practising and participating in democracy; Ideological discourses: otherness and Hindu nationalism |
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Discourses on socio-economic backwardness: discrimination and marginalisationThe ideal of secularism and its predicaments in India ; Summary ; 4 North Indian Muslim youth and everyday jihād; The interlinkage between the middle class, citizenship and education; Liberal versus illiberal spaces: the political stage of traditional and non-traditional political indicators; Summary ; 5 Argumentative jihād and Muslim women in Kerala; The Kerala model ; Reform through jihād |
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Emergence of 'public women' and the fight for citizenship in new public spacesSummary ; 6 Operationalising the sense of citizenship: from Delhi to Kerala; Voting myths ; Collectivity and association ; Political awareness ; Sense of political efficacy and trust ; The stance from Islamic ideals and socio-political concerns; Agency dynamics ; Concluding remarks on the sense of citizenship |
| Summary |
"Through the creation of post-colonial citizenship, India adopted a hybridisation of specific secular and western conception of citizenship. In this democratic framework, Indian Muslims are observed on how they make use of the spaces and channels to accommodate their Islamic identity within a secular one. This book analyses how the socio-political context shapes citizens' perceptions of multiple variables, such as their sense of political efficacy, agency, conception of citizenship rights and belief in democracy. Based on extensive surveys and interviews and through presenting and investigating the various meanings of jihād, the author explores the usage of non-Eurocentric conceptual approaches to the study of postcolonial and Muslim societies, in particular the meaning it carries in the psyche of the Muslim community. She argues that through means of argumentative and spiritual jihād, Indian Muslims fight their battle towards a realisation of citizenship ideals despite the unfavourable conditions of intra and inter community conflicts. Presenting new examinations of Islamic identity and citizenship in contemporary India, this book will be a useful contribution to the study of South Asian Studies, Religion, Islam, and Race and Ethnicity"--Provided by publisher |
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7 Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Muslims -- India -- Social conditions
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Muslims -- Political activity -- India.
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Group identity -- India
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Citizenship -- India
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Jihad -- Social aspects -- India
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Islam -- Social aspects -- India
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Community life -- India
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Postcolonialism -- India
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Citizenship
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Community life
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Group identity
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Islam -- Social aspects
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Muslims -- Political activity
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Muslims -- Social conditions
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Politics and government
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Postcolonialism
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Social conditions -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064952
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India -- Politics and government -- 1977- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064946
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| Subject |
India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315717029 |
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1315717026 |
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