Islam and Asia - A History

An accessible, transregional exploration of how Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to today.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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).

Summary

A new history of Asia and Islam from the seventh century to today, approached as an interconnected space of encounters and interactions. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Chiara Formichi, Chiara (Cornell University Formichi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781107513976
• ISBN: 978-1-107-51397-6
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, South East Asia, Asian History