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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cham, Switzerland
Palgrave Macmillan
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
German East Africa
/ Islam
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| Further subjects: | B
Islam (Africa, East)
B Germany Colonies (Africa, East) History 20th century B Germany Colonies (Africa, East) History 19th century B Thesis B Colonies Religious aspects |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 435 Seiten), illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-031-27423-7 |
