1st Edition
Inside a Madrasa Knowledge, Power and Islamic Identity in India
By Arshad Alam
Copyright 2011
272 Pages
by
Routledge India
272 Pages
by
Routledge India
272 Pages
by
Routledge India
Also available as eBook on:
While there exists scholarly works on madrasas in India during medieval times and the colonial period, there is hardly anything on the conditions of madrasas today, and those are by and large based on secondary literature and not grounded in detailed empirical investigation. This work, through ethnographic study undertaken at two madrasas in Mubarakpur in Uttar Pradesh, shows how Indian madrasas... Read more
List of Tables -- List of Maps and Plates -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. History and the Present in Mubarakpur: The Ethos -- 2. Knowledge, Power and Politics -- 3. Institutionalising ‘Authentic’ Islam -- 4. The Financial Organisation of Islamic Piety -- 5. The Madrasa and its Hinterland -- 6. The Madrasa Regime and its Effects -- 7. The Enemy Within -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Constitution of Madrasa Ashrafiya -- Appendix II: Curriculum of Madrasa Ashrafiya -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Biography
Arshad Alam is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
