Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire
Author | : Seema Alavi |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015-04-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674286917 |
ISBN-13 | : 067428691X |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire by : Seema Alavi
Download or read book Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire written by Seema Alavi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.