Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India

Monuments, Memory, Contestation

Hilal Ahmed (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2019
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-0-367-17688-4 (ISBN)

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This book seeks to establish a link between two different issues � the process by which historic buildings become monuments (or the process of �monumentalisation�) and gradual transformation of these historic/legal entities into political objects. Based on this vantage point, the work makes sense of the postcolonial Muslim political discourse.

The book examines the postcolonial Muslim political discourse through monuments. It establishes a link between the process by which historic buildings become monuments and the gradual transformation of these historic/legal entities into political objects. The author studies the multiple interpretations of Indo-Islamic historical buildings aspolit

Hilal Ahmed is Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi.

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Monumentalisation in Colonial India: Discovery of an Indian Muslim Architectural Heritage 3. Monumentalisation in Postcolonial India: Conservation, Law and Muslim Politics 4. Jama Masjid and the Political Memory of a Royal Muslim Past 5. Babri Masjid and the Muslim Politics of Right to Heritage 6. Conclusion. Appendices. Select Bibliography. About the Author. Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.06.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Reiseführer ► Asien ► Indien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-367-17688-2 / 0367176882
ISBN-13	978-0-367-17688-4 / 9780367176884
Zustand	Neuware