Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire
Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam, Middle East
| Author: | Seema Alavi | ISBN: | 9780674286917 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Seema Alavi |
| ISBN: | 9780674286917 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility—a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century.
Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility—a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century.
