audiobook Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2; South Asia) by author in History

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In recent decades; traditional methods of philology and intellectual history; applied to the study of Islam and Muslim societies; have met with considerable criticism from rising generations of scholars who have turned to the social sciences; most notably anthropology and social history; for guidance. This change has been accompanied by the rise of new fields; studying; for example; Islam in Europe and Africa; and new topics; such as the role of gender. This collection surveys these transformations and others; taking stock of the field and showing new paths forward.