Struggling with History
Slam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean
Published on 5. February 2008
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-19-932641-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume compares and contrasts anthropological and historical approaches to the study of the Indian Ocean by focusing on the vexed nature of 'cosmopolitanism'. The chapters contribute to current debates on the nature of cosmopolitanism, the comparative study of Muslim societies, and the study of colonial and post-colonial contexts. There are few books on the market that combine serious interdisciplinary scholarship and regional ethnographic expertise with comparable ambition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-932641-9 (9780199326419)
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Edward Simpson is Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths College and an ESRC Research Fellow. Kai Kresse is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of St Andrews and Research Fellow at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin.