Secularism, Islam and Education in India, 1830-1910

ISBN-13: 9781848935471 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 220 str.

Robert Ivermee

Opis

During the nineteenth century British officials in India decided that the education system should be exclusively secular. Drawing on sources from public and private archives, Ivermee presents a study of British/Muslim negotiations over the secularization of colonial Indian education and on the changing nature of secularism across space and time.

Spis treści

Introduction: Secularism Considered; Chapter 1 Secular Education and Religious Identity; Chapter 2 Education, Religion and State in Ireland and India; Chapter 3 The Calcutta Madrasa and Muslim Education in Bengal; Chapter 4 Religious Education and State Withdrawal in the Punjab; Chapter 5 The Campaign for a Muslim University; conclusion Conclusion: Secularism Contested;

O autorze

Robert Ivermee