The generation of national cultures in colonized areas of Asia
during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has most often been
traced to the cultural-textual production of emerging middle-class'
elites. This book presents cutting-edge interpretations of the
emergence of Asian nationalism, calling special attention to the
realms of national' science, religion, and philosophy. Promoting
the comparison of traditional' scholars and elites in a
trans-colonial, trans-national context, this unique book focuses on
the formation of national identities that appropriated elements of
colonial administration, ideology, and structure, as these were
grafted onto ideas of nationhood that themselves cut across various
religious, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural boundaries. The
articulation of such discourses as Pan-Islamic, Pan-Arab, or South
and Southeast-Asian nationalism is emphasised, and the book covers
a variety of geographical regions, including East Asia, Southeast
Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. To the fore will be the
examination of religious and scientific scholarship within the
traditions of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, as well as in
lesser-studies languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi/Urdu, Persian,
Arabic, Malay, and Chinese. Providing new insights into the
negotiation and re-interpretation of Western knowledge and
modernity and the genealogy of the concept of the nation', this
book will be of interested to a wide academic audience across
different subject areas, including Asian and Middle East Studies,
intellectual and colonial history and religious studies.
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