Self and Sovereignty : Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850

Annotation Self and Sovereignty surveys the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonisation and the partition period. Commencing in colonial times, this book explores and interprets the historical processes through which the perception of the Muslim individual and the community of Islam has been reconfigured over time. Self and Sovereignty examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the individual, regional, class and cultural differences that have shaped the discourse and politics of Muslim identity. As well as fascinating discussion of political and religious movements, culture and art, this book includes analysis of: * press, poetry and politics in late nineteenth century India * the politics of language and identity - Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi * Muslim identity, cultural differnce and nationalism * the Punjab and the politics of Union and Disunion * the creation of Pakistan Covering a period of immense upheaval and sometimes devastating violence, this work is an important and enlightening insight into the history of Muslims in South Asia. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Lists of Maps......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 List of Abbreviations......Page 22 The Muslim Self and the Loss of Sovereignty: Individual and Community Before 1858......Page 24 Forging a Muslim Community: Press, Poetry and Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century......Page 66 Common Languages, Contested Scripts, Conflicted Communities: Shifting Identities of Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi......Page 125 Muslims as a Legal and Political Category: Subjecthood in Theory and Practice......Page 162 Identity and Sovereignty in Muslim Consciousness: The Khilafat Crescent and the Indian Charkha......Page 210 Contested Sovereignty in the Punjab: The Interplay of Formal and Informal Politics......Page 285 Between Region and Nation: The Missing Centre......Page 343 At the Crossroads of 'Pakistan': Muslim Imaginings and Territorial Sovereignty......Page 409 Lost Tracks to Unity: Confrontation, Compromise and Civil War......Page 495 Epilogue An Unhealing Wound: Paradoxes of Muslim Identity, Sovereignty and Citizenship......Page 586 Glossary......Page 602 Select Bibliography......Page 605 Index......Page 619

Self and Sovereignty surveys the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonisation and the partition period.
Commencing in colonial times, this book explores and interprets the historical processes through which the perception of the Muslim individual and the community of Islam has been reconfigured over time. Self and Sovereignty examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the individual, regional, class and cultural differences that have shaped the discourse and politics of Muslim identity. As well as fascinating discussion of political and religious movements, culture and art, this book includes analysis of:
* press, poetry and politics in late nineteenth century India
* the politics of language and identity - Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi
* Muslim identity, cultural differnce and nationalism
* the Punjab and the politics of Union and Disunion
* the creation of Pakistan Covering a period of immense upheaval and sometimes devastating violence, this work is an important and enlightening insight into the history of Muslims in South Asia.

Self and Sovereignty surveys the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonisation and the partition period.Commencing in colonial times, this book explores and interprets the historical processes through which the perception of the Muslim individual and the community of Islam has been reconfigured over time. Self and Sovereignty examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the individual, regional, class and cultural differences that have shaped the discourse and politics of Muslim identity. As well as fascinating discussion of political and religious movements, culture and art, this book includes analysis of:* press, poetry and politics in late nineteenth century India* the politics of language and identity - Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi* Muslim identity, cultural difference and nationalism* the Punjab and the politics of Union and Disunion* the creation of PakistanCovering a period of immense upheaval and sometimes devastating violence, this work is an important and enlightening insight into the history of Muslims in South Asia. A survey of the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonisation and the partition period. It is an important and enlightening insight into the history of Muslims in South Asia. 'I have none of the hallmarks of a Muslim; why is it that every humiliation that the Muslims suffer pains and grieves me so much?' Ayesha Jalal. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [582]-595) And Index. __Self and Sovereignty____Self and Sovereignty__