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082			_a297.2 Jal
100			_a"Jalal,Ayesha"
245		0	_aSelf and Sovereignty ;individual and community in South Asian Islam since 1850
260			_aDelhi
260			_bOxford University Press
260			_c2001
300			_a630p
520			_aSelf and Sovereignty examines the shifts in Muslim thought and politics in response to colonial rule in India through to the period decolonization and partition. Commencing in colonial times, this book explores and interprets the historical processes through which the perception of Muslim individual and the community of Islam has been reconfigured over time. Self and Sovereignty examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the individual, regional, class and cultural differences that have shaped the discourse and politics of Muslim identity. As well as fascinating discussion of political and religious movements, culture and art, This book includes analysis of: • press, poetry and politics in late nineteenth-century India • the politics of language and identity -Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi • Muslim identity, cultural difference and nationalism • the Punjab and the politics of union and disunion • the creation of Pakistan Covering a period of immense upheaval an sometimes devastating violence, this work an important and enlightening insight into' history of Muslims in South Asia.
650			_aReligion-Muslim
942			_cB _2ddc