{"product_id":"perilous-intimacies-debating-hindu-muslim-friendship-after-empire-paperback","title":"Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherali Tareen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFaisal Devji\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendship--particularly interreligious friendship--offers both promise and peril. After the end of Muslim political sovereignty in South Asia, how did Muslim scholars grapple with the possibilities and dangers of Hindu-Muslim friendship? How did they negotiate the incongruities between foundational texts and attitudes toward non-Muslims that were informed by the premodern context of Muslim empire and the realities of British colonialism, which rendered South Asian Muslims a political minority? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, SherAli Tareen explores how leading South Asian Muslim thinkers imagined and contested the boundaries of Hindu-Muslim friendship from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. He argues that often what was at stake in Muslim scholarly discourse and debates on Hindu-Muslim friendship were unresolved tensions and fissures over the place and meaning of Islam in the modern world. \u003ci\u003ePerilous Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e considers a range of topics, including Muslim scholarly translations of Hinduism, Hindu-Muslim theological polemics, the question of interreligious friendship in the Qur'an, intra-Muslim debates on cow sacrifice, and debates on emulating Hindu customs and habits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the close reading of an expansive and multifaceted archive of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu sources, this book illuminates the depth, complexity, and profound divisions of the Muslim intellectual traditions of South Asia. \u003ci\u003ePerilous Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e also provides timely perspective on the historical roots of present-day Hindu-Muslim relations, considering how to overcome thorny legacies and open new horizons for interreligious friendship.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherAli Tareen is associate professor of religious studies at Franklin and Marshall College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDefending Muḥammad in Modernity \u003c\/i\u003e(2020). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaisal Devji is professor of Indian history and fellow of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford, where he is also the director of the Asian Studies Centre.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777884520736,"sku":"9780231210317","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b6dfa49a1cf81efb32ae98ec4702f711.webp?v=1780502873","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/perilous-intimacies-debating-hindu-muslim-friendship-after-empire-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}