Transformations of Tradition: Islamic Law in Colonial Modernity 2020044148, 9780190077044, 9780190077075, 9780190077051, 9780190077068

Table of contents :
Cover
Transformations of Tradition
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. Partisanship, Territorialism, and Transregional Networks of Belonging
2. Authority, Ijtihād, and Temporality
3. Colonialism, Translation, and Seduction
4. Science, Perception, and Objectivity
5. Religion, the Secular, and Language
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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