Laurence Gautier

Between Nation and 'Community'

Muslim Universities and Indian Politics After Partition

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the political role of Muslim universities, in nation-building as well as minority politics and community development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9781009358491
• ISBN-10: 1009358499
• Artikelnr.: 71854713

Autorenporträt

Laurence Gautier is a political historian, whose work focuses on issues of education, national integration and secularism in plural societies. She teaches Indian and global history as well as interdisciplinary courses at Jindal. Her work has been published in Modern Asian Studies and Economic and Political Weekly, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Tables and figures
Map and illustrations
Abbreviations
Glossary
Note on translations and transliterations
Introduction
1. Jamia, a laboratory for composite India
2. Aligarh, from the 'arsenal of Muslim India' to a symbol of India's national integration?
3. Re-legitimising minority rights. Aligarh and the demand for minority status (1965-1981)
4. Resisting minority politics, holding on to composite nationalism: Jamia in the post-Nehruvian period
5. Uplifting backward Muslims: the new consensus?
6. Bastions of Islam: the defence of Islam as a narrative of empowerment and contestation
7. Women in Muslim universities: guardians of tradition or actors of change?
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography.