A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures
A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures
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Introduction
Islam
Time
Conceptual Framework
Constructing Time
A Walk in Time
Events and Narratives
Tropes
Life Stories
Politics
Modern Global Time
The Web of History
Jerusalem in Java
Inadequacy of Timelines
Spacetimes
Genealogies
Events Relived
Enduring Forms
Transformative Moments
A Roaming Orientalist
The Modern (Historical) Condition
The Mongol Catalysis
Varieties of ‘Islamic’ Times
Orientations to the Past
Lifetimes
A Woman’s Voice
An Edifice of Time
Documenting the Living Dead
Stories from the Americas
Self, Family, Nation
Pasts Envisioned
The Skyline of Istanbul
Frescoes in the Desert
Beautiful Violence
The Gift of Presence
The Missing Image
The Grave of Time
Historical Fictions
An Ambiguous Adventure
The Arab Renaissance
A New Past Nation
The Premodern Epic
Fictional Truth
Looking Back to the Future
The Grave of a Living King
Anticipating Past Futures
A Resurrection
A Lost-Found Nation
Reading the Stars
Refugee Horizons
Epilogue
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Author Bio
Instructions for Readers
Resources
Illustrations Gallery
Acknowledgements
Terms of Use
List of Illustrations
List of Illustrations
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