The Sufi Paradigm and the Makings of a Vernacular Knowledge in Colonial India: The Case of Sindh (1851–1929)

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
 Introduction  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 1-23
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 The Set-Up of the Colonial Knowledge on Sindh  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 29-68
 The Transmission of Colonial Knowledge  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 69-93
 Knowledge, Sufism, and the Issue of a Vernacular Literature  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 95-113
Front Matter ....Pages 115-117
 The Archaeology of the Sufi Paradigm  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 119-136
 Social Mobility and the Set-Up of a Sufi Paradigm  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 137-156
 Sufi Knowledge (Ilm Tasawuf), Sufi Culture, and the Sufi Paradigm  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 157-185
 The Deployment of the Sufi Paradigm  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 187-221
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 The Sufi Paradigm and the Normative Regimes of Knowledge  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 227-245
 The Sufi Paradigm and the Devotional Regimes of Knowledge  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 247-267
 Oral Knowledge and the Sufi Paradigm  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 269-285
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 Conclusion: What Is Vernacular in the Sufi Paradigm?  (Michel Boivin)....Pages 289-301
Back Matter ....Pages 303-318