Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire

Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility¿a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century.

About the author

Seema Alavi is Professor of History at the University of Delhi.

Summary

Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility—a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century.

Product details

• Authors: Seema Alavi, Alavi Seema
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2015
• EAN: 9780674735330
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73533-0
• No. of pages: 504
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ottoman Empire, Asia, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Islamic Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic