Margrit Pernau
Middle class, middle classes, bourgeoisie—these terms entered English and other European languages in a range of meanings and connotations with the rise of industrial capitalism in the late 18th century.
Reviewed by: David Lelyveld
Martha Bush Ashton and Bruce Christie
It was in the thirties that Dr. V. Raghavan had drawn attention to a form of theatre called Yaksagana. Much interest was aroused by his articles. In the early forties there was a lively discussion amongst scholars about the origin of this fascinating form and its connections with Kathakali.
Reviewed by: Kapila Vatsyayan
Syed Farid Alatas
Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) was a scholar, most unique in the Islamic world. He is considered one of the most significant thinkers of the pre-modern Muslim world.
Reviewed by: Soheb Niazi
Filippo Osella & Caroline Osella
This is an anthology put together by the London and Sussex based Filippo-Caroline Osella team of anthropologists both having a keen research interest in South Asia.
Reviewed by: Tahir Mahmood
John R. Bowen
John R. Bowen’s A New Anthropology of Islam addresses an ontological problem in sociology and social anthropology, one that pertains to the relationship between culture and tradition.
Reviewed by: Tanweer Fazal
Carla Bellamy
The volume under review, a fine-tuned and reworked doctoral thesis, is a critical narrative of the interpretation of everyday and ritual life of a Muslim shrine known as Hussain Tekri. Carla Bellamy took a plunge into this rather adventurous journey with passion driven by irrepressible intellectual curiosity.
Reviewed by: Mujibur Rehman