{"product_id":"between-nation-and-community-muslim-universities-and-indian-politics-after-partition-hardback-9781009358491","title":"Between Nation and ‘Community'; Muslim Universities and Indian Politics after Partition (Hardback) 9781009358491","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetween Nation and ‘Community'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMuslim Universities and Indian Politics after Partition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the political role of Muslim universities, in nation-building as well as minority politics and community development.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurence Gautier (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009358491, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.887 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Between Nation and 'Community' provides an important new interpretation of the history of Muslim universities and Muslim politics in postcolonial North India. Based on rich archival materials in English and Urdu, the book rejects the overly simplistic analysis of much of the scholarship on Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia. Instead, this research unearths the many complexities, tensions and debates within these universities and in India's Muslim communities as they coped with the aftermath of partition, the rise of Mandal politics and the emergence of Hindutva as a political force. It is sure to become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the second half of the twentieth century in India.' Taylor C. Sherman, author of Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book proposes a political history of Muslim universities in post-independence India, from 1947 to the 1990s. Based on a wide range of sources in English and in Urdu, it highlights the central role that these educational institutions played in the debates on national integration, secularism, minority rights and Muslim backwardness. After independence, Muslim universities found themselves at a critical juncture between central state authorities and India's Muslim population. As public and Muslim institutions, they were to participate in nation-building as much as in the development of the Muslim 'community'. By closely looking at the relation between these institutions and state authorities, the book teases out the ambiguities of the state's Muslim policy. It also examines, in turn, how university members responded to this policy and developed competing conceptions of Muslim identity and citizenship, which structured the wider public debates on Muslims' status in post-partition India.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e Map and illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Note on translations and transliterations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Jamia, a laboratory for composite India\u003cbr\u003e 2. Aligarh, from the 'arsenal of Muslim India' to a symbol of India's national integration?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Re-legitimising minority rights. Aligarh and the demand for minority status (1965–1981)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Resisting minority politics, holding on to composite nationalism: Jamia in the post-Nehruvian period\u003cbr\u003e 5. Uplifting backward Muslims: the new consensus?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bastions of Islam: the defence of Islam as a narrative of empowerment and contestation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Women in Muslim universities: guardians of tradition or actors of change?\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413990895896,"sku":"9781009358491","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009358491i.jpg?v=1784334097","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/between-nation-and-community-muslim-universities-and-indian-politics-after-partition-hardback-9781009358491","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}