Struggling with History: Islam and Cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean

by Edward Simpson (Editor), Kai Kresse (Editor)

Struggling with History compares anthropological and historical approaches to the study of the Indian Ocean by focusing on the conflicted nature of cosmopolitanism. Essays contribute to current debates on the nature of cosmopolitanism, the comparative study of Muslim societies, and the examination of colonial and postcolonial contexts. Few books combine a comparable level of interdisciplinary scholarship and regional ethnographic expertise.

400 pages, Hardcover

First published February 5, 2008