Challenging Cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism has emerged as a key category in Islamic Studies, defining models of Muslim mobility, pluralism and tolerance that challenge popular perceptions of religious extremism. Such celebrations and valorisations of mobility and trans-regional consciousness, however, tend to conflate border-...

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description Cosmopolitanism has emerged as a key category in Islamic Studies, defining models of Muslim mobility, pluralism and tolerance that challenge popular perceptions of religious extremism. Such celebrations and valorisations of mobility and trans-regional consciousness, however, tend to conflate border-crossing with opportunity and social diversity with ethical progress. At the same time, they generally disregard the ways in which such forms of cosmopolitanism have been entwined with structures of domination, economic control and violence. This volume addresses these issues in ways that help to contextualize contemporary issues such as the global refugee crisis in relation to longer histories of Muslim mobility and coercion. Featuring new historical and ethnographic research on China and Southeast Asia, this book explores how power and violence have shaped the experiences of Sufis and state-builders, as well as refugees and rebels, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of Islamic cosmopolitanism.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-290522025-07-21T15:57:03Z Challenging Cosmopolitanism Gedacht, Joshua Feener, R. Michael China cosmopolitanism violence Islam Southeast Asia Asian history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history Cosmopolitanism has emerged as a key category in Islamic Studies, defining models of Muslim mobility, pluralism and tolerance that challenge popular perceptions of religious extremism. Such celebrations and valorisations of mobility and trans-regional consciousness, however, tend to conflate border-crossing with opportunity and social diversity with ethical progress. At the same time, they generally disregard the ways in which such forms of cosmopolitanism have been entwined with structures of domination, economic control and violence. This volume addresses these issues in ways that help to contextualize contemporary issues such as the global refugee crisis in relation to longer histories of Muslim mobility and coercion. Featuring new historical and ethnographic research on China and Southeast Asia, this book explores how power and violence have shaped the experiences of Sufis and state-builders, as well as refugees and rebels, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of Islamic cosmopolitanism. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-06-18 09:00:53 2020-04-01T10:19:17Z 2018 book 1005055 OCN: 1135845133 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25042 9781474435123; 9781474435116 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29052 eng open access Edinburgh University Press 208d7ab7-a2e4-4c7f-83b1-53dfb4ba4a35 Chapter 9 Afghanistan’s Cosmopolitan Trading Networks 9781474435123; 9781474435116 Edinburgh, UK open access
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Challenging Cosmopolitanism
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violence
Islam
Southeast Asia
Asian history
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