Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1. Hegemony, Consciousness, and the Postcolonial Subject
Part I. The Tradition-Modernity Dichotomy as a Hegemonic Discourse
Chapter 2. Sadhus and Faqirs: The Sufi Pir as a Colonial Construct
Chapter 3. The Pir, the State, and the Modern Subject
Part II. The Modern Subject and Conflicting Ideologies
Chapter 4. Everyday Arguments
Chapter 5. A Pir's Life Story
Chapter 6. Stories of Desire: Reclaiming the Forgotten Pir
Part III. Modern Respectability and Antinomian Desire
Chapter 7. The Qalandar Confronts the Proper Muslim
Chapter 8. The Qalandar as Trope
Chapter 9. The Subject, Desire, and Recognition
Afterword
Glossary
Notes
References
Index