When does history begin?: religion, narrative, and identity in the Sikh tradition

Introduction: After Affect--Poetry, Positivism, History -- 1. Brotherhood of the Pure: The Poetics and Politics of Cultural Transgression -- 2. Empire, Orientalism, and Native Informants: The Scholarly Endeavours of Sir Attar Singh Bhadour -- 3. Religious Protest: From Gurdwara Rikabganj to Vicere...

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Main Author: Oberoi, Harjot 1957- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany SUNY Press [2021]
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sikhism / Tradition / Narrative (Social sciences) / Historiography / Religious identity
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
TA History
Further subjects:B Sikhism Historiography
B Sikhs History
B Sikhism History
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Summary:Introduction: After Affect--Poetry, Positivism, History -- 1. Brotherhood of the Pure: The Poetics and Politics of Cultural Transgression -- 2. Empire, Orientalism, and Native Informants: The Scholarly Endeavours of Sir Attar Singh Bhadour -- 3. Religious Protest: From Gurdwara Rikabganj to Viceregal Palace -- 4. The Ghadar Movement and Its Anarchist Genealogy -- 5. The Inner Life of Bhagat Singh and the Making of a Maximal Self -- 6. An Epic Without a Text: Imagining the Indian Diaspora -- Bibliography -- Index.
"Documents how the premodern techniques of narrating the past and truth-telling in South Asia were deeply transformed by colonialism, particularly among the Sikhs in northern India"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 206-220
ISBN:1438487355