ISBN:
0-19-566921-5
,
978-0-19-566921-3
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 427 Seiten
Edition:
First published
Keywords:
Indien Multikulturalität
;
Beziehungen, interethnische
;
Hinduismus
;
Hindu
;
Muslime
;
Synkretismus
;
Tagungsbericht
Abstract:
The syncretistic ethos of tradition in South Asia has now become part of public discourse. Political scientists, historians, and social activists have laid stress on syncretism as an important politcal value in present times. Mindful of these projections, the essays in this volume approach the issue of syncretism, synthesis, and pluralism in South Asia today to objectively reassess their importance in coping with a political and cultural future.The lucid introduction by Asim Roy and Mushirul Hasan outlines the relevance of the debate both within and outside the academe. It prepares the way for the relevant questions the essays pose even as they focus on various individuals, moments, and encounters in Indian history. How does one define syncretism? What is the difference between syncretism and pluralism? Is it possible to live together separately? The volume takes a fresh look at various historical events, personalities, and phenomena, and makes an effort to revisit many long-held, black-and-white, uni-dimensional views such as 'unity in diversity' and 'composite culture'. In the context of a long history of political turmoil - some of it perceived to be rooted in relations between religious communities - this collection envisions the future direction in India's cultural development and the space and relevance of a syncretistic cultural ethos within it. The contibutors reflect on traditions which have been relegated to the background in popular political discourse, but have drawn on diverse traditions and negotiated life on the margins. With its eclectic selection of themes, this collection is able to examine the resilience, strengths, and weakness of syncretic culture with special reference to democracy and federalism. (Klappentext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface - Introduction / Asim Roy - PERSPECTIVES -- 1. Thinking over "popular Islam" in South Asia: search for a paradigm / Asim Roy -- 2. References to tradition in South Asia / Peter van der Veer -- 3. Colonial language classification, post-colonial language movements, and the grassroot multilingualism ethos in India / Annie Montaut -- 4. Reinventing democratic citizenship in a plural society / Gurpreet Mahajan - PROCESSES -- 5. A "holi riot" of 1714: versions from Ahmedabad and Delhi / Najaf Haider -- 6. Living together: Ajmer as a paradigm for the (South) Asian city / Shail Mayaram -- 7. The Cow-saving Muslim saint: elite and folk representations of a tomb cult in Oudh / Kerrin Gräfin Schwerin - 8. A genre of composite creativity: Marsiya and its performance in Awadh / Madhu Trivedi -- 9. Of gravevards and ghettos: Muslims in partitioned West Bengal 1947-67 / Joya Chatterji -- 10. From beehive cells to civil space: a history of Indian matrimony / Nupur Chaudhary and Rajat Kanta Ray - ACTORS -- 11. Joint narratives. separate nations: Qurratulain Hyder's Aag ka Darya / Kumkum Sangari -- 12. From princely court to House of Commons: D.O. Dyce Sombre (1808-51) from Sardhana to London / Michael H. Fisher -- 13. Sharif culture and colonial rule: a Maulvi-missionary encounter / Mushirul Hasan -- 14. Living together separately: the 'Ulama of Farangi Mahall, c. 1700-c. 1950 / Francis Robinson - 15. Millat and Mazhab: rethinking Iqbal's political vision / Farzana Shaikh -- 16. Reinventing Islami poilitics in interwar India: the clergy commitment to 'composite nationalism' / Barbara Metcalf -- 17. The colonial context of Muslim separatism: from Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi to Sayvid Ahmad Khan / David Lelyveld -- Bibliographical essay / Adnan Farooqui and Vasundhara Sirnate -- Contributors
Note:
Contributed papers presented at a conference held on December 18-21, 2002 organised by Jamia's Academy of Third World Studies (Preface)
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