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OverviewMuslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia is an engaging history of the enlightened liberality of modern Muslim poets, philosophers, educationists, novelists, historians, artists and public intellectuals who drew on a long Muslim intellectual tradition beyond the “Western” liberalism of empire. Interpreting the pathbreaking contributions of an array of creative Muslim figures, the book challenges the view portraying them as exemplars of an insular and defensive “apologetic modernity”. It highlights a strand of Muslim thought and liberality of mind that has been ignored by scholars obsessed with dire and dour theologians. This book questions both the presumptions of historians of liberalism that exclude Muslims from the domain of modern liberal thought and the predilections of those scholars of Islam who lean solely on discovering theological rigidity among ulama. It analyzes the forces that have contributed to the narrowing of intellectual space since the late twentieth century and the resilience of expansive and enlightened ideas that have kept candles flickering in the enveloping darkness. Foregrounding the enlightened conceptions of Ghalib, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Iqbal and Sadequain on faith, selfhood, history and time – and bringing other Muslim thinkers out of the shadows, the book offers a nuanced reformulation of the meaning of religion for our challenging times. It will be of interest to a wide readership interested in the history of Islam and South Asia. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ayesha Jalal (Tufts University, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9781032835723ISBN 10: 1032835729 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 18 September 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPrelude: Light Upon Light Part I 1. Muslimness and Infidelity: Ghalib's PoeticIlluminations; 2. Faith and Freethinking: The Ethics of Sayyid AhmadKhan; 3. Faith, Friendship and the Liberality of the Muslim Mind; 4. Sparks of LiteraryImagination Part II. 5. Retrieving the Past: Apologetic and Self-ConfidentModernities; 6. History, Reason, andRevelation; 7. Unveiling Women in Historical and LiteraryImagination; 8. Ornament of Womankind: Concealed, Concocted,Contested. Part III. 9. The Light of Iqbal; 10. An Enlightened Vision: Sadequain’s Transcreations of Iqbal; 11. Lighting up the Darkness: Islam in the Post-Colonial Era; Epilogue: Candles in the Dark; IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAyesha Jalal is the Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University, USA. She was awarded the MacArtur “Genius” Fellowship in 1998. Her books include Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy (5th edition, Routledge, 2022, with Sugata Bose) and Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850 (Routledge, 2000). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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