Research in the Islamic Context: Political and Methodological Reflections from South Asia, Indian Ocean, and the Arab World
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Don't We Really Need New Butterfly Nets? -- 2. Researching 'Muslim Worlds': Regions and Disciplines -- 3. Postcolonialism, Islam, and Area Studies -- 4. Second Thoughts About the Anthropology of Islam, or How to Make Sense of Grand Schemes in Everyday Life -- 5. Doing Ethnography in Muslim Context: Some Reflections -- 6. Question of Reason and 'Thinking Class' in Islam -- 7. Researching India's Muslims: Identities, Methods, and Politics -- 8. Accommodating Fieldwork to Irreconcilable Equations of Citizenship, Authoritarianism, Poverty, and Fear in Egypt -- 9. Thoughts from the Field: Methodological Considerations and Experiences in the Study of Islam at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi -- 10. Ummah, Qaum, and Watan: Elite and Ordinary Constructions of Nationhood among Muslims of Contemporary India -- 11. Home-Making in the Field: Rethinking the Categories of Ethnographic Research -- 12. The Evolution of Muslim Women's Political Subjectivity in India: A Critical Reading in the Context of Muslim Personal Law -- 13. Islamic Hermeneutics in South Asia: The Intellectual Tradition of Vakkom Moulavi -- 14. Maritime Peripheries and Universal Connections: Reflections on Studying Islam in the Indian Ocean -- 15. Purôgamana Àsayakkār: 'Progressive' as an Ambivalent Social Category in Islamic Discourse in Kerala -- Index.
