Anand Vivek Taneja

Jinnealogy

Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anand Vivek Taneja is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781503601796
• ISBN-10: 150360179X
• Artikelnr.: 47776223

Autorenporträt

Anand Vivek Taneja is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Walking Away from the Theater of History
1. Jinnealogy: Archival Amnesia and Islamic Theology in Post-Partition
Delhi
2. Saintly Visions: The Ethics of Elsewhen
3. Strange(r)ness
4. Desiring Women
5. Translation
6. Stones, Snakes, and Saints: Remembering the Vanished Sacred Geographies
of Delhi
7. The Shifting Enchantments of Ruins and Laws in Delhi
Conclusion: Remnants of Despair; Traces of Hope