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Islam and Egalitarianism in Colonial Bengal The Making of a Moral Community

Books from same Author: Ananya Dasgupta

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    Author(s)Ananya Dasgupta
    PublisherRoutledge (Manohar)
    ISBN9781032725499
    BindingHardcover
    LanguageEnglish
    Publish YearJanuary 2023

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    Routledge (Manohar) Islam and Egalitarianism in Colonial Bengal The Making of a Moral Community by Ananya Dasgupta

    This book is a historical exploration of the social and cultural processes that led to the rise of the ideology of labor as a touchstone of Bengali Muslim politics in late colonial India. The book argues that the tremendous popularity of the Pakistan movement in Bengal is to be understood not just in terms of ""communalization"" of class politics, or even ""separatist"" demands of a religious minority living out anxieties of Hindu political majoritarianism, but in terms of a distinctively modern idea of Muslim self and culture which gave primacy to production/labor as the site where religious, moral, ethical, as well as economic value would be anchored. In telling the story of the formation of a modern Muslim identity, the book presents the conceptual congruence between Islam and egalitarianism as a distinctively early twentieth-century phenomenon, and the approach can be viewed as key to explaining the mass appeal of the desire for Pakistan. A novel contribution to the study of Bengal and Pakistan’s origins, the book will be of interest to researchers studying South Asian history, the history of colonialism and end of empire, South Asian studies, including labor studies, Islamic Studies, and Muslim social and cultural history.