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Mushirul Hasan’s writings have profoundly shaped our understanding of India’s secular traditions and syncretic culture. This omnibus brings together his critically acclaimed writings on a variety of issues confronting India today. From the Partition to identity politics in modern India, from Hindu–Muslim relations to religious pluralism, this eclectic collection gives a comprehensive overview of the development of his thinking in these areas.
In Moderate or Militant, Hasan re-examines popular images of Islam and India’s Muslims, and situates them in the context of the country’s pluralist milieu.
From Pluralism to Separatism, on the other hand, studies the multicultural qasbati culture of Uttar Pradesh. Connecting local histories to the national, he analyses the qasbati idenity and its inheritance of the syncretic Indo-Persian culture.
A Moral Reckoning offers insights into Muslim intellectual life in north India through an illuminating exploration of speeches and writings of five influential figures in nineteenth-century Delhi.
A striking analysis of contemporary history, Legacy of a Divided Nation is a compelling account of the origins of Muslim separatism, the making of the Partition, and the meanings of these for a host of Muslim communities, families, and individuals. Examining the disruptions caused by the Babri Masjid demolition, it underlines the importance of the secular in the history of the social life of the subcontinent.
ISBN - 9780198070016
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