The Bengal Muslim discourses, 1871-1977 Murshid, Tazeen M. creator text bibliography ii Calcutta Oxford University Press 1995 monographic eng

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492 p. ; 23 cm. This 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. The 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. Pt. 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. Tazeen M. Murshid. Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-483) and index. Intellectuals India West Bengal History Intellectuals Bangladesh History Muslims India West Bengal Intellectual life Muslims Bangladesh Intellectual life West Bengal (India) Intellectual life Bangladesh Intellectual life 297.092 MUS 0195637011 96163135 ANL 951129 20170521083940.0 2413597 eng