Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation

ISBN-13: 9780367176884 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 344 str.

Hilal Ahmed

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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