02719cam a2200289 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100013000740200015000870400036001020820017001381000023001552450092001782600048002703000021003185040066003395050501004055200868009065200392017746500048021666500040022146500052022546500044023066510044023506510035023942413597BD-DhUL20170521083940.0951129s1995    ii       b    00100 eng    a96163135  a0195637011  aANLbengdANLdBD-DhULcBD-DhUL  a297.092bMUS1 aMurshid, Tazeen M.14aThe sacred and the secular :bBengal Muslim discourses, 1871-1977 /cTazeen M. Murshid.  aCalcutta :bOxford University Press,c1995.  a492 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [452]-483) and index.0 aPt. I. 1871-1947. Ch. 1. The Emergence of a Muslim Intelligentsia in Bengal: Social Origins, Education and Employment. Ch. 2. Society and Culture: The Religious and Communal Questions. Ch. 3. Religion in Politics, 1937-1947 -- Pt. II. 1947-1977. Ch. 4. Growth and Development of the Intelligentsia in the Post-Partition Period. Ch. 5. Culture and Language: The Problem of Identity. Ch. 6. Faith, Authority and the Challenge of Secularism. Ch. 7. Religion, Religious Institutions and Social Norms.  aThis study traces the emergence and development of a Muslim intelligentsia in Bengal and examines the tension between religious and secular perceptions which they experience in their social and political lives. It explores the various factors which have influenced the ideological position of the intelligentsia, such as ideas derived from their local Indian and trans-Indian linkages as well as contact with a colonial culture. It argues that while religion has always played an important role in the life of the intelligentsia its particular manifestation in political life is a recent phenomenon owing to colonial experiences as well as concerns about legitimacy in the post-colonial phase. It presents an in-depth account of the major discourses in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Bengal including controversies regarding language, identity and nationalism.8 aThe distinctiveness of the study lies in its subject matter and the inter-disciplinary approach to it. The study has attempted to relate the ideological orientations of the intelligentsia to their social bases. It finds that the dominant ideology is determined to a large extent by the nature of the ruling elite, its social base as well as its educational and intellectual orientations. 0aIntellectualszIndiazWest BengalxHistory. 0aIntellectualszBangladeshxHistory. 0aMuslimszIndiazWest BengalxIntellectual life. 0aMuslimszBangladeshxIntellectual life. 0aWest Bengal (India)xIntellectual life. 0aBangladeshxIntellectual life.