Islamic tolerance : Amīr Khusraw and pluralism /

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Author / Creator:Gabbay, Alyssa.
Imprint:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 133 pages)
Language:English
Series:Iranian studies ; 9
Iranian studies (London, England) ; 9.
Subject:Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, -- approximately 1253-1325 -- Political and social views.
Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, -- approximately 1253-1325.
Religious pluralism -- India -- History.
Islam -- Relations -- Hinduism.
Hinduism -- Relations -- Islam.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Ethnic relations.
Hinduism.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Political and social views.
Religious pluralism.
India -- Ethnic relations -- History.
India.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12012017
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ISBN:9780203871607
020387160X
9780415779135
0415779138
9781135230241
1135230242
1135230250
9781135230258
1282640046
9781282640047
9786612640049
6612640049
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Although pluralism and religious tolerance are most often associated today with Western Enlightenment thinkers, the roots of these ideologies stretch back to non-Western and premodern societies, including many under Muslim rule. This book explores the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia through the work of the poet, historian and musician Amir Khusraw and sheds new light on how Islam developed its own culture of tolerance. Countering stereotypes of Islam as intrinsically intolerant, the book provides a better understanding of how rhetorics of pluralism develop, which may aid in identifying and encouraging such discourses in the present. Khusraw, a practicing Muslim who showed great affection toward Hindus and used much indigenous imagery in his poetry, is an ideal figure through whom to explore these issues. Addressing issues of ethnicity, religion and gender in the early medieval period, Alyssa Gabbay demonstrates the pre-modern precedents for pluralism, conveying the broad sweep of Perso-Islamicate culture and the profound transformations it underwent in medieval South Asia. -- Publisher description.
Other form:Print version: Gabbay, Alyssa. Islamic tolerance. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010 9780415779135
Standard no.:9786612640049