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The essays in this book address the characterisation of medieval South Asia as a dark prelude to an enlightened modernity and through the reappraisal of crucial texts seek to challenge colonialist and nationalistic historiography.
South Asia --- Civilization. --- Civilization --- South Asia - Civilization --- History
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India is a land of enormous diversity. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was especially the case in the India that existed from 1200 to 1750, before the European intervention. The book takes the reader on a journey across the political, economic, religious and cultural landscapes of medieval India, from the Ghurid conquests and the Dehli Sultanate to the great court of the Mughals. This was a time of conquest and consolidation, when Muslims and Hindus came together to create a unique culture which still resonates in today's India. As the first survey of its kind in over a decade, the book is a tour de force. It is beautifully illustrated and fluently composed, with a cast of characters which will educate students and general readers alike.
India --- South Asia --- Inde --- Asie méridionale --- History --- History. --- Civilization --- Civilization. --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Asie méridionale --- 1000-1765 --- 1200-1765 --- Asia [South ] --- India - History - 1000-1765 --- South Asia - History --- India - Civilization - 1200-1765 --- South Asia - Civilization
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South Asian literature --- Culture --- Littérature sud-asiatique --- History and criticism. --- Study and teaching. --- Histoire et critique --- Etude et enseignement --- South Asia --- Asie méridionale --- Civilization. --- Civilisation --- Littérature sud-asiatique --- Asie méridionale --- History and criticism --- Study and teaching --- Étude et enseignement --- Civilization --- South Asian literature - History and criticism --- Culture - Study and teaching --- Littérature sud-asiatique - Histoire et critique --- Culture - Étude et enseignement --- South Asia - Civilization --- Asie méridionale - Civilisation
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Partition de l’Inde en 1947, partition du Pakistan en 1971, sécessionnisme des Tigres tamouls à Sri Lanka, régionalisme tournant à la lutte armée dans plusieurs États indiens, conflits inter-religieux et divisions sectaires, revendications linguistiques, poussée du nationalisme hindou mais aussi des mouvements de castes : les tensions identitaires ont marqué de leur sceau l’histoire du dernier demi-siècle en Asie du Sud. Récusant l’approche essentialiste qui enferme les hommes et les communautés dans des stéréotypes propices à toutes les manipulations, ce volume souligne comment se construisent, dans un sous-continent extraordinairement divers, les figures de l’identité, et comment elles se croisent dans des superpositions, des enchevêtrements, des glissements d’appartenances. Identités religieuses, culturelles, sociales, politiques, voire économiques ; identités nationales et régionales : c’est à diverses échelles et par des voies multiples — anthropologie, histoire, sociologie, littérature, sciences politiques — que les auteurs de cet ouvrage éclairent les complexes réalités du champ sud-asiatique. Mais en se penchant sur l’Inde, le Pakistan, le Bangladesh, Sri Lanka ou le Népal, ils apportent aussi leur contribution à des débats plus larges sur l’ethnographie coloniale, l’orientalisme, les lectures et usages de l’histoire, les constructions culturelles de l’identité, les pratiques identitaires des communismes asiatiques, la critique post-moderne de l’État-nation et du sécularisme, pour enrichir une problématique majeure qui agite aujourd’hui, à travers un monde dit globalisé, tant les peuples que les intellectuels et les politiques.
Group identity --- Identité collective --- South Asia --- Asie méridionale --- Civilization. --- Politics and government. --- History --- Civilisation --- Politique et gouvernement --- Histoire --- Identité collective --- Asie méridionale --- Minorities --- Ethnicity --- Ethnic identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Political activity --- Political aspects --- Asia, South --- Asia, Southern --- Indian Sub-continent --- Indian Subcontinent --- Southern Asia --- Orient --- Ethnic relations. --- Identité collective - Asie méridionale --- Ethnicité - Asie méridionale --- Religion et politique - Asie méridionale --- Minorités - Asie méridionale --- South Asia - Civilization --- South Asia - Politics and government --- South Asia - History --- Asie méridionale - Relations interethniques --- politique --- histoire --- colonisation --- identité --- armée --- partition --- Ethnicité --- Religion et politique --- Minorités
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