Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim contexts : perspectives from the past /: perspectives from the past. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Derryl N. MacLean and Sikeena Karmali Ahmed.
• Editors: Maclean, Derryl N; Ahmed, Sikeena Karmali
• Other Names: Aga Khan University., Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts --- 2. Freeborn Villagers: Islam and the Local Uses of Cosmopolitan Connections in the Tanzanian Countryside --- 3. Interrogating Cosmopolitanism in an Indian Ocean Setting: Thinking Through Mombasa on the Swahili Coast --- 4. Translators of Empire: Colonial Cosmopolitanism, Ottoman Bureaucrats and the Struggle over the Governance of Yemen, 1898-1914 --- 5. Islampolis, Cosmopolis: Ottoman Urbanity Between Myth, Memory and Postmodernity --- 6. Cosmopolitan Cursing in Late Nineteenth-Century Alexandria --- 7. Kebabs and Port Wine: The Culinary Cosmopolitanism of Anglo-Persian Dining, 1800-1835 --- 8. Abdur Rahman Chughtai: Cosmopolitan Mughal Aesthetic in the Age of Print --- 9. Cosmopolitanism and Authenticity: The Doctrine of Tashabbuh Bi'l-Kuffar ("Imitating the Infidel") in Modern South Asian Fatwas.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 190 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 909.097671; Cosmopolitanism -- Congresses; Muslims -- Civilization -- Congresses; Muslims -- Relations -- Congresses; RELIGION -- Islam -- General; Civilization; Cosmopolitanism; International relations; Islamic countries -- Civilization -- Congresses; Islamic countries -- History -- Congresses; Islamic countries -- Relations -- Congresses; Islamic countries; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0748644571; 9780748644575
• Related ISBNs: 9780748644568; 0748644563; 9781299147829; 1299147828
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.