Muhammad Iqbal: Islam, Aesthetics and Postcolonialism

by Javed Majeed

Book Overview

Bringing together Islamic studies, a postcolonial literary perspective, and a focus on the interaction between aesthetics and politics, this book analyses Iqbal's Islamism through his poetry. It argues that his notion of an Islamist selfhood was expressed in his verse through the interplay between poetic tradition and creative innovation. It also considers how Iqbal expressed an Islamist geopolitical imagination in his work, and examines his exploration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415445787
• ISBN13: 9780415445788
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"