Enlightenment in the colony: the Jewish question and the crisis of postcolonial culture

Enlightenment in the Colony opens up the history of the "Jewish question" for the first time to a broader discussion--one of the social exclusion of religious and cultural minorities in modern times, and in particular the crisis of Muslim identity in modern India. Aamir Mufti identifies th...

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Main Author: Mufti, Aamir (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Further subjects:B Secularism (India) History
B Jews in literature
B Muslims in literature
B Jews (Europe) Identity History
B Nationalism (India) History
B India Colonial influence
B Liberalism (Europe) History
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Summary:Enlightenment in the Colony opens up the history of the "Jewish question" for the first time to a broader discussion--one of the social exclusion of religious and cultural minorities in modern times, and in particular the crisis of Muslim identity in modern India. Aamir Mufti identifies the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India as a colonial variation of what he calls "the exemplary crisis of minority"--Jewishness in Europe
Prologue : towards a genealogy of postcolonial secularism -- Jewishness as minority : emergence of a European problematic -- Inscriptions of minority in British late imperial culture : from Daniel Deronda to A passage to India -- Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad : discovering India -- Saadat Hasan Manto : a greater story writer than God -- Faiz Ahmed Faiz : towards a lyric history of India -- Epilogue : in my beginning is my end : Jewish exile and the language of English India
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index
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ISBN:0691057311