Islam in German East Africa, 1885-1918: a genealogy of colonial religion

In this rich and multi-layered deconstruction of German colonial engagement with Islam, Jrg Haustein shows how imperial agents in Germanys largest colony wielded the knowledge category of Islam in a broad set of debates, ranging from race, language, and education to slavery, law, conflict, and war....

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Auteur principal: Haustein, Jörg 1975- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2023]
Dans:Année: 2023
Collection/Revue:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Deutsch-Ostafrika / Islam
Sujets non-standardisés:B Islam (Africa, East)
B Germany Colonies (Africa, East) History 20th century
B Germany Colonies (Africa, East) History 19th century
B Colonies Religious aspects
B Publication universitaire
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:In this rich and multi-layered deconstruction of German colonial engagement with Islam, Jrg Haustein shows how imperial agents in Germanys largest colony wielded the knowledge category of Islam in a broad set of debates, ranging from race, language, and education to slavery, law, conflict, and war. These representations of Mohammedanism, often invoked for particular political ends, amounted to a serious misreading of Muslims in East Africa, with significant long-term effects. As the first in-depth account of the politics of Islam in German East Africa, the book makes an essential contribution to the history of religion in Tanzania before British rule. It also offers a template for re-reading the colonial archive in a manner that recovers Muslim agency beyond a European paradigm of religion. Jrg Haustein is Associate Professor of World Christianity at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Previously, he has taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He is a scholar of religion in Africa from the nineteenth century onward, specializing in Pentecostal Christianity, colonial Islam, and the intersection of religion and development
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Description matérielle:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 435 Seiten), illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:978-3-031-27423-7