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Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization
Author:
Esmat Elhalaby
ISBN:
9789395474979
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2026
Pages:
267
Size:
16 x 24 x 2 cm
Weight:
555 grams
Price:
INR
1795
1616.00
About the Book
Parting Gifts of Empire
narrates an untold story of how Arabs and South Asians in the twentieth century sought to decolonize their minds. The histories of Palestine and India—both partitioned by the British Empire—are intimately linked. In the face of similar imperially created chasms, Arab and Indian intellectuals reinvigorated centuries of shared histories to forge new horizons, new solidarities, new institutions, and new fields of knowledge. In this book, Esmat Elhalaby traces the forgotten lives of scholars like Wadi’ al-Bustani, revisits Arab and Indian feminist meetings, highlights gatherings such as Delhi’s 1947 Asian Relations Conference, and argues for the centrality of Palestine to the rise of the Third World. This book breaks new ground to unfold a global intellectual history of anticolonialism, Asian unity, pan-Islamism, and nonalignment in the making of what became known as the Global South.
About the Author
Esmat Elhalaby
Esmat Elhalaby is Assistant Professor of Transnational History at the University of Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
“With
Life of the Buddha
, Hyangsoon Yi has rescued a manuscript translation from 1915 of a little-known popular Korean Buddhist book and places it firmly in the complex social, cultural, and religious changes of Korea in the early twentieth century. Readers interested in Buddhism, Korean religions, and the role of Christian missionaries at that pivotal moment in Korean history have much to learn from this fascinating book.”
—Gregory N. Evon, Senior Lecturer in Humanities & Languages, UNSW Sydney
“
Life of the Buddha
is a true gem of Buddhist literature, both in Korea and beyond – a must-read for those interested in Buddhism, global Christian missions, modernity, and colonialism. It reveals that the significance of the historical Buddha was not merely a modern Western construct shaped by comparisons to the historical Jesus, but a product of rich interreligious and intercultural exchanges. This is exemplified through the meticulous translation by Canadian missionary James Scarth Gale, and further enriched by Hyangsoon Yi’s insightful introduction, which situates Gale’s work within broader religious, literary, and cultural contexts.”
—Hwansoo Kim, Professor of Korean Buddhism and Culture, Yale University
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