Local States in an Imperial World: Identity, Society and Politics in the Early Modern Deccan - Rilegato

Fischel, Roy S.

 
9781474436076: Local States in an Imperial World: Identity, Society and Politics in the Early Modern Deccan
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ISBN 10: 1474436072 ISBN 13: 9781474436076
Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2020

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Focusing on the Deccan Sultanates of 16th- and 17th-century central India, Local States in an Imperial World promotes the idea that some polities of the time were not aspiring to be empires. Instead of the universalist and hierarchical vision typical of the language of empire, the sultanates presented another brand of state – one that prefers negotiation, flexibility and plurality of languages, religions and cultures.
Building on theories of early modernity, empire, cosmopolitanism and vernaculars, Roy Fischel considers the components that shaped state and society: people, identities and idioms. He presents a frame for understanding the Deccan Sultanates as a rare case of the early modern non-imperial state, shedding light both on the region and on the imperial world surrounding it.

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Roy S. Fischel is Lecturer in the History of South Asia at SOAS, University of London. He has published articles in Purushartha, Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World and New Perspectives on Turkey. This is his first book.



Roy S. Fischel is Lecturer in the History of South Asia at SOAS, University of London. He has published articles in Purushartha, Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World and New Perspectives on Turkey.

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'In this important book, Fischel brings us a compelling new perspective on the politics and culture of early modern India. Combining a broad sweep with careful attention to local circumstance, he brings central India's Deccan states centre-stage. He demonstrates how their history reveals plural and flexible forms of the state, and a language of vernacular politics, differing significantly from the imperial models that have long dominated our understanding of this era.'Polly O'Hanlon, Oriental Institute, University of OxfordExplores the concept of the non-imperial state, taking a spatial approach to early modern political identitiesFocusing on the Deccan Sultanates of 16th- and 17th-century central India, Local States in an Imperial World promotes the idea that some polities of the time were not aspiring to be empires. Instead of the universalist and hierarchical vision typical of the language of empire, the sultanates presented another brand of state – one that prefers negotiation, flexibility and plurality of languages, religions and cultures.Building on theories of early modernity, empire, cosmopolitanism and vernaculars, Roy Fischel considers the components that shaped state and society: people, identities and idioms. He presents a frame for understanding the Deccan Sultanates as a rare case of the early modern non-imperial state, shedding light both on the region and on the imperial world surrounding it.Key Features• Develops the concept of the non-imperial early modern state, adding a new perspective to the ongoing debate of the early modern world and empire• Examines the political idiom of the sultanates as a unique case within the field of Persian studies• Case studies include: the structure of Iranian migrant society in the Deccan; the construction of political language in Bijapur; the development of the early Maratha State within, and in relation to, the sultanate system; and the different uses of Indian vernaculars in Muslim statesRoy S. Fischel is a Lecturer in the History of South Asia at SOAS, University of London.

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'In this important book, Fischel brings us a compelling new perspective on the politics and culture of early modern India. Combining a broad sweep with careful attention to local circumstance, he brings central India's Deccan states centre-stage. He demonstrates how their history reveals plural and flexible forms of the state, and a language of vernacular politics, differing significantly from the imperial models that have long dominated our understanding of this era.'Polly O'Hanlon, Oriental Institute, University of OxfordExplores the concept of the non-imperial state, taking a spatial approach to early modern political identitiesFocusing on the Deccan Sultanates of 16th- and 17th-century central India, Local States in an Imperial World promotes the idea that some polities of the time were not aspiring to be empires. Instead of the universalist and hierarchical vision typical of the language of empire, the sultanates presented another brand of state one that prefers negotiation, flexibility and plurality of languages, religions and cultures.Building on theories of early modernity, empire, cosmopolitanism and vernaculars, Roy Fischel considers the components that shaped state and society: people, identities and idioms. He presents a frame for understanding the Deccan Sultanates as a rare case of the early modern non-imperial state, shedding light both on the region and on the imperial world surrounding it.Key Features Develops the concept of the non-imperial early modern state, adding a new perspective to the ongoing debate of the early modern world and empire Examines the political idiom of the sultanates as a unique case within the field of Persian studies Case studies include: the structure of Iranian migrant society in the Deccan; the construction of political language in Bijapur; the development of the early Maratha State within, and in relation to, the sultanate system; and the different uses of Indian vernaculars in Muslim statesRoy S. Fischel is a Lecturer in the History of South Asia at SOAS, University of London.

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Editore
Edinburgh Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2020
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1474436072
ISBN 13 
9781474436076
Rilegatura
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Numero di pagine
299
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