Islam and Asia

A History
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-107-51397-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

Reihe: New Approaches to Asian History

Chiara Formichi explores the ways in which Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to today. Challenging the assumed dominance of the Middle East in the development of Islam, Formichi argues for Asia's centrality in the development of global Islam as a religious, social and political reality. Readers learn how and why Asia is central to the history of Islam, and vice versa, considering the impact of Asia's Muslims on Islam; and how Islam became an integral part of Asia, and its influence on local conceptions of power, the sciences, arts, and bureaucracy. Grounding her argument in specific case studies, Formichi ultimately concludes that the existence of Islamized interactions across Asia have allowed for multi-directional influences on Islamic practices and interpretations throughout the Muslim world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Formichi, Chiara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Islam across the Oxus (7th–17th centuries); 2. Becoming Muslim (7th–18th centuries; 3. Networks and renewal (18th–19th centuries);4. Pan-Islamism and nationalism (19th–20th centuries);5. Muslims in the nation-state (1940s–1960s); 6. New imaginations of piety (1960s–1990s);7. Islam as resistance; 8. De-centering Islamic authority; 9. Studying Asia and Islam.

Über Autor(innen)

Formichi, Chiara
Chiara Formichi is Associate Professor at Cornell University. Her publications include Islam and the Making of the Nation: S. M. Kartosuwiryo and Political Islam in 20th Century Indonesia (2012).