Aspects of Muslim Political Thought in 20th Century India

Tuesdays, 11:00-12:30
2 Church Walk

You will submit one essay of up to 5,000 words (excluding footnotes and
bibliography) from a take-home exam paper given out at the end of the Hilary
Term. The essay is to be submitted on Friday of the fourth week of the Trinity
Term.

Week 1

Markus Daechsel, The Politics of Self-Expression: The Urdu Middle-Class in Mid-

Twentieth Century India and Pakistan (Routledge, 2006), introduction and chs. 1-
2

Week 2

Daechsel, chs. 3-5 and conclusion

Week 3

Javed Majeed, Muhammad Iqbal: Islam, Aesthetics and Postcolonialism (Routledge,

2009), introduction and chs. 1-3

Week 4

Majeed, chs, 4-7 and conclusion

Week 5

Aamir Mufti, Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of
Postcolonial Culture (Princeton, 2007), prologue and chs. 3-4

Week 6

Mufti, ch. 5 and epilogue

Week 7

Mukulika Banerjee, The Pathan Unarmed: Opposition and Memory in the North-
West Frontier (OUP, 2001), introduction and chs. 1-4

Week 8

Banerjee, chs. 5-8 and conclusion