Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies: A Genealogy of Colonial Religion

Haustein, Jörg

In this rich and multi-layered deconstruction of German colonial engagement with Islam, Jörg Haustein shows how imperial agents in Germany’s largest colony wielded the knowledge category of Islam in a broad set of debates, ranging from race, language, and education to slavery, law, conflict, and war. These representations of ‘Mohammedanism’, often invoked for particular political ends, amounted to a serious misreading of Muslims in East Africa, with significant long-term effects. As the first in-depth account of the politics of Islam in German East Africa, the book makes an essential contribution to the history of religion in Tanzania before British rule. It also offers a template for re-reading the colonial archive in a manner that recovers Muslim agency beyond a European paradigm of religion.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2023-07-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031274220

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27423-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 435