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Saints, Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700-1900

01 Jun 1991-British Journal of Sociology-Vol. 42, Iss: 2, pp 317
TL;DR: In this paper, the development of Muslim society in Tamilnad and the creation of Muslim community in south India is discussed. But the authors do not discuss the role of the Indian Christians in this process.
Abstract: Preface List of maps Note on transliteration Abbreviations Glossary Introduction 1. South Indian religion and society 2. The development of Muslim society in Tamilnad 3. The Muslim religious tradition in south India 4. The south Indian state and the creation of Muslim community 5. Warrior martyr pirs in the eighteenth century 6. The final period of nawabi rule in the Carnatic 7. South Indian Christians in the pre-colonial period 8. The collapse of Syrian Christian 'integration' 9. The Christian Paravas of southern Tamilnad 10. Christian saints and gurus in the poligar country 11. Christianity and colonial rule in the Tamil hinterland 12. Conclusion Bibliography.
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TL;DR: This paper reviewed geographical research on religion in the 1990s, and highlighted work from neighbouring disciplines where relevant, contrary to views that the field is incoherent, and suggested that it is not incoherent.
Abstract: This article reviews geographical research on religion in the 1990s, and highlights work from neighbouring disciplines where relevant. Contrary to views that the field is incoherent, I suggest that...

424 citations

Book
01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a view from the new millennium glossary of South Asian history, including the Mughal empire, the first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857, state and economy, and the transition to crown raj, 1858 to 1914.
Abstract: List of illustrations. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgements. 1. South Asian history: an introduction. 2. Modernity and antiquity: interpretations of ancient India 3. Pre-modern accommodations of difference: the making of Indo-Islamic cultures 4. The Mughal empire: state, economy and society 5. India between empires: decline or decentralization? 6. The transition to colonialism: resistance and collaboration 7. The first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857: state and economy 8. Company raj and Indian society, 1757 to 1857: re-invention and reform of tradition 9. 1857: rebellion, collaboration and the transition to crown raj 10. High noon of colonialism, 1858 to 1914: state and political economy 11. A nation in making? 'Rational' reform, 'religious' revival and swadeshi nationalism, 1858 to 1914 12. Colonialism under siege: state and political economy after World War I 13. Gandhian nationalism and mass politics in the 1920s 14. The Depression decade: society, economics and politics 15. Nationalism and colonialism during World War II and its aftermath: economic crisis and political confrontation 16. The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan 17. 1947: memories and meanings 18. Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1947 to 1971 19. Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1971 to 2017 20. Decolonizing South Asian history: a view from the new millennium Glossary. A chronological outline. Select bibliography and notes. Index.

257 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the concept de personne divisible par le biais d'une comparaison, non pas avec l'Occident mais avec leInde du Sud, ou la personne a ete aussi caracterisee en contradiction avec the individu occidental circonscrit.
Abstract: L'anthropologie recente de la Melanesie a developpe une comprehension du genre et de la personne a travers une comprehension de l'echange et au moyen de la notion de personne divisible. Cet article met en relief le concept de personne divisible par le biais d'une comparaison, non pas avec l'Occident mais avec l'Inde du Sud, ou la personne a ete aussi caracterisee en contradiction avec l'individu occidental circonscrit. En Inde, les definitions de genres sont fixes et stables, fondees sur des differences corporelles entre femmes et hommes et avec une importance particuliere accordee a la capacite de procreation. En Melanesie, les definitions de genre sont performatives, changeantes et definies par le contexte. Ce contraste est lie aux differences entre les notions de personne et d'echange de substances ou de parties des personnes dans les deux regions

207 citations

Book
19 Dec 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, Marsden's Living Islam is both a "classically" ethnographic and vividly fresh study of intellectual and moral life in Chitral that successfully highlights the cultural,intellectual and moral strategies Chitrals resort to in order to negotiate the stresses and challenges of modernization and the Islamist-inspired volatile political situation surrounding their region.
Abstract: Winner of American Institute of Pakistan Studies Book Prize (2008). Living Islam is both a “classically” ethnographic and vividly fresh study of intellectual and moral life in Chitral that successfully highlights the cultural,intellectual and moral strategies Chitralis resort to in order to negotiate the stresses and challenges of modernization and the Islamist-inspired volatile political situation surrounding their region. What is remarkable is that Marsden manages to bring the ideas and self-representations of the Rowshanis out so plausibly and uncomplicatedly. While there are many studies of the Islamist challenge to traditional Muslim societies, few have looked beyond the national or state level and the urban milieu. By situating his work in small towns and villages in an ethnically and religiously diverse region, and by trying to understand and explain the ways in which rural people use their cultural resources to intellectually and morally engage with serious, and often dangerous and violent, geo-political phenomena, Marsden has produced a study that is not only relevant to anthropologists but also political scientists and those interested in political Islam.

174 citations

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Saumitra Jha1
TL;DR: The authors found that the degree to which medieval Hindus and Muslims could provide complementary, non-replicable services and a mechanism to share the gains from exchange has resulted in a sustained legacy of ethnic tolerance in South Asian towns.
Abstract: I provide evidence that the degree to which medieval Hindus and Muslims could provide complementary, non-replicable services and a mechanism to share the gains from exchange has resulted in a sustained legacy of ethnic tolerance in South Asian towns. Due to Muslim-specific advantages in Indian Ocean shipping, inter-ethnic complementarities were strongest in medieval trading ports, leading to the development of institutional mechanisms that further supported inter-ethnic exchange. Using novel town-level data spanning South Asia's medieval and colonial history, I find that medieval ports, despite being more ethnically mixed, were five times less prone to Hindu-Muslim riots between 1850-1950, two centuries after Europeans disrupted Muslim overseas trade dominance, and remained half as prone between 1950-1995. Household-level evidence suggests that these differences reflect local institutions that emerged to support inter-ethnic medieval trade, continue to influence modern occupational choices and organizations, and substitute for State political incentives in supporting inter-ethnic trust.

154 citations

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Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: This paper reviewed geographical research on religion in the 1990s, and highlighted work from neighbouring disciplines where relevant, contrary to views that the field is incoherent, and suggested that it is not incoherent.
Abstract: This article reviews geographical research on religion in the 1990s, and highlights work from neighbouring disciplines where relevant. Contrary to views that the field is incoherent, I suggest that...

424 citations

Book
01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a view from the new millennium glossary of South Asian history, including the Mughal empire, the first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857, state and economy, and the transition to crown raj, 1858 to 1914.
Abstract: List of illustrations. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgements. 1. South Asian history: an introduction. 2. Modernity and antiquity: interpretations of ancient India 3. Pre-modern accommodations of difference: the making of Indo-Islamic cultures 4. The Mughal empire: state, economy and society 5. India between empires: decline or decentralization? 6. The transition to colonialism: resistance and collaboration 7. The first century of British rule, 1757 to 1857: state and economy 8. Company raj and Indian society, 1757 to 1857: re-invention and reform of tradition 9. 1857: rebellion, collaboration and the transition to crown raj 10. High noon of colonialism, 1858 to 1914: state and political economy 11. A nation in making? 'Rational' reform, 'religious' revival and swadeshi nationalism, 1858 to 1914 12. Colonialism under siege: state and political economy after World War I 13. Gandhian nationalism and mass politics in the 1920s 14. The Depression decade: society, economics and politics 15. Nationalism and colonialism during World War II and its aftermath: economic crisis and political confrontation 16. The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan 17. 1947: memories and meanings 18. Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1947 to 1971 19. Post-colonial South Asia: state and economy, society and politics, 1971 to 2017 20. Decolonizing South Asian history: a view from the new millennium Glossary. A chronological outline. Select bibliography and notes. Index.

257 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this article, the concept de personne divisible par le biais d'une comparaison, non pas avec l'Occident mais avec leInde du Sud, ou la personne a ete aussi caracterisee en contradiction avec the individu occidental circonscrit.
Abstract: L'anthropologie recente de la Melanesie a developpe une comprehension du genre et de la personne a travers une comprehension de l'echange et au moyen de la notion de personne divisible. Cet article met en relief le concept de personne divisible par le biais d'une comparaison, non pas avec l'Occident mais avec l'Inde du Sud, ou la personne a ete aussi caracterisee en contradiction avec l'individu occidental circonscrit. En Inde, les definitions de genres sont fixes et stables, fondees sur des differences corporelles entre femmes et hommes et avec une importance particuliere accordee a la capacite de procreation. En Melanesie, les definitions de genre sont performatives, changeantes et definies par le contexte. Ce contraste est lie aux differences entre les notions de personne et d'echange de substances ou de parties des personnes dans les deux regions

207 citations

Book
19 Dec 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, Marsden's Living Islam is both a "classically" ethnographic and vividly fresh study of intellectual and moral life in Chitral that successfully highlights the cultural,intellectual and moral strategies Chitrals resort to in order to negotiate the stresses and challenges of modernization and the Islamist-inspired volatile political situation surrounding their region.
Abstract: Winner of American Institute of Pakistan Studies Book Prize (2008). Living Islam is both a “classically” ethnographic and vividly fresh study of intellectual and moral life in Chitral that successfully highlights the cultural,intellectual and moral strategies Chitralis resort to in order to negotiate the stresses and challenges of modernization and the Islamist-inspired volatile political situation surrounding their region. What is remarkable is that Marsden manages to bring the ideas and self-representations of the Rowshanis out so plausibly and uncomplicatedly. While there are many studies of the Islamist challenge to traditional Muslim societies, few have looked beyond the national or state level and the urban milieu. By situating his work in small towns and villages in an ethnically and religiously diverse region, and by trying to understand and explain the ways in which rural people use their cultural resources to intellectually and morally engage with serious, and often dangerous and violent, geo-political phenomena, Marsden has produced a study that is not only relevant to anthropologists but also political scientists and those interested in political Islam.

174 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
Saumitra Jha1
TL;DR: The authors found that the degree to which medieval Hindus and Muslims could provide complementary, non-replicable services and a mechanism to share the gains from exchange has resulted in a sustained legacy of ethnic tolerance in South Asian towns.
Abstract: I provide evidence that the degree to which medieval Hindus and Muslims could provide complementary, non-replicable services and a mechanism to share the gains from exchange has resulted in a sustained legacy of ethnic tolerance in South Asian towns. Due to Muslim-specific advantages in Indian Ocean shipping, inter-ethnic complementarities were strongest in medieval trading ports, leading to the development of institutional mechanisms that further supported inter-ethnic exchange. Using novel town-level data spanning South Asia's medieval and colonial history, I find that medieval ports, despite being more ethnically mixed, were five times less prone to Hindu-Muslim riots between 1850-1950, two centuries after Europeans disrupted Muslim overseas trade dominance, and remained half as prone between 1950-1995. Household-level evidence suggests that these differences reflect local institutions that emerged to support inter-ethnic medieval trade, continue to influence modern occupational choices and organizations, and substitute for State political incentives in supporting inter-ethnic trust.

154 citations