Soumen Mukherjee

Gebundenes Buch

Ismailism and Islam in Modern South Asia

Community and Identity in the Age of Religious Internationals

Beschreibung

This book explores the evolution of a Shia Ismaili identity in late colonial South Asia.

Autor

Soumen Mukherjee is Assistant Professor of History at Presidency University, Kolkata. His research interests are in the fields of socio-religious and intellectual history of modern South Asia, with particular focus on questions of identity, religious normativity and social service, sacred travels and sacred space, and on the intersection of religious traditions and scientism. He is also interested in histories of South Asian diasporas and religious networks on the Indian Ocean, and in understanding religious and cultural encounters on the Himalayan borderlands.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781107154087
• ISBN-10: 1107154081
• Artikelnr.: 47616811