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020			_a9781503603936
028			_a:Brijwasi Book Distributors _b;H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092 _c;BW/005543 _d:11/06/19
082			_a297.3909 TAN
100			_a Taneja, Anand Vivek,
245			_aJinnealogy _b : time, Islam, and ecological thought in the medieval ruins of Delhi _c/ Anand Vivek Taneja
260			_aStanford, California _b: Stanford University Press, _c©2018
300			_axvi, 313 pages _b: illustrations, maps _c ; 24 cm.
365			_b2156
490			_aSouth Asia in motion.
505			_a Introduction : walking away from the theater of history -- Jinnealogy : archival amnesia and Islamic theology in post-partition Delhi -- Saintly visions : the ethics of elsewhen -- Strange(r)ness -- Desiring women -- Translation -- Stones, snakes, and saints : remembering the vanished sacred geographies of Delhi -- The shifting enchantments of ruins and laws in Delhi -- Conclusion : remnants of despair; traces of hope
520			_aIn the ruins of a medieval palace in Delhi, a unique phenomenon occurs: Indians of all castes and creeds meet to socialize and ask the spirits for help. The spirits they entreat are Islamic jinns, and they write out requests as if petitioning the state. At a time when a Hindu right wing government in India is committed to normalizing a view of the past that paints Muslims as oppressors, Anand Vivek Taneja's Jinnealogy provides a fresh vision of religion, identity, and sacrality that runs counter to state-sanctioned history. The ruin, Firoz Shah Kotla, is an unusually democratic religious space, characterized by freewheeling theological conversations, DIY rituals, and the sanctification of animals. Taneja observes the visitors, who come mainly from the Muslim and Dalit neighborhoods of Delhi, and uses their conversations and letters to the jinns as an archive of voices so often silenced. He finds that their veneration of the jinns recalls pre-modern religious traditions in which spiritual experience was inextricably tied to ecological surroundings. In this enchanted space, Taneja encounters a form of popular Islam that is not a relic of bygone days, but a vibrant form of resistance to state repression and post-colonial visions of India.--Publisher description.
650			_aReligions
650			_a Islam, Bábism & Bahá'í Faith
650			_aJinn -- India -- Delhi.
650			_aIslamic antiquities -- India -- Delhi.
650			_aIslam.
650			_aDelhi (India) -- Religious life and customs.
650			_aMuslim saints.
700			_a Taneja, Anand Vivek,
942			_cBOOK