Oceanic Islam: Muslim Universalism and European Imperialism

by Ayesha Jalal and Sugata Bose

The Indian Ocean interregional arena is a space of vital economic and strategic importance characterized by specialized flows of capital and labor, skills and services, and ideas and culture. Islam in particular and religiously informed universalism in general once signified cosmopolitanism across this wide realm. This historical reality is at variance with contemporary conceptions of Islam as an illiberal religion that breeds intolerance and terrorism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9389714281
• ISBN13: 9789389714289
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic India
• Length: 320 Pages