Struggling with History: Islam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean

by EdwardSimpson (Author), KaiKresse (Editor)

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  2007

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  Compares and contrasts anthropological and historical approaches to the study of the Indian Ocean by focusing on the vexed nature of 'cosmopolitanism'. This volume includes chapters which contribute to debates on the nature of cosmopolitanism, the comparative study of Muslim societies, and the study of colonial and post-colonial contexts.