An Analysis of Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall's Intellectual Thought in India; Exploring its Development and Contemporary Significance

印度穆罕默德·马尔马杜克·皮克索尔思想分析

• 批准号: 2466424
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Royal Holloway University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2466424
• 关键词: Analysis; Muhammad; Marmaduke; Pickthall; Intellectual

While Pickthall's name may be unfamiliar to many, for those aware of his story he stands out as one of the most influential figures in Britain's Muslim heritage. A successful author in his youth - whose work received praise from contemporaries such as D H Lawrence, H G Wells and E M Forster - Pickthall became the first native English speaker to translate the Qur'an; the achievement he is best known for today. Despite his literary achievements and unique status within Britain's Muslim Heritage, Pickthall's legacy was largely unexplored after his death in 1936. It was thanks to the biographies of Ann Fremantle (1939) and Dr Peter Clark (1986) that Pickthall's story was preserved at all. Clark has long argued of the need for a "fresh, rigorously academic" Pickthall study to build on these previous works (2016). My work will contribute to that end by analysing the actors, movements and intellectual trends that influenced Pickthall's unique understanding of the Islamic tradition after his conversion in 1917. Furthermore, through Pickthall's life I will explore arguably the earliest example of the Islamic tradition being adopted and then adapted to conform to British society. Pickthall was a key figure in this process, which historian Mohammad Seddon refers to as the 'indigenisation' of the Islamic tradition in Britain (Geaves & Gilham 2017: 14). This form of research is particularly pertinent in contemporary Britain due to the intense political, public and academic scrutiny that has been placed on Muslims living in Britain. Stories such as Pickthall's continue to resonate as they demonstrate the rootedness of a 'British Muslim' identity and illustrate the diverse ways in which it has materialised. This original aspect of my work will contextualise the revived interest in Pickthall and demonstrate the reasons behind his continued contemporary significance.

虽然皮克索尔的名字对许多人来说可能并不熟悉，但对于那些知道他的故事的人来说，他是英国穆斯林传统中最有影响力的人物之一。皮克索尔年轻时是一位成功的作家-他的作品受到了D·H·劳伦斯、H·G·威尔斯和E·M·福斯特等同时代人的赞扬-皮克索尔成为第一个以英语为母语翻译《古兰经》的人；他今天最出名的成就就是这一成就。尽管皮克索尔在文学上取得了成就，在英国穆斯林传统中也具有独特的地位，但他的遗产在1936年去世后基本上没有得到开发。多亏了安·弗里曼特尔(Ann Fremantle)(1939年)和彼得·克拉克博士(Dr.Peter Clark)(1986年)的传记，皮克索尔的故事才得以保存下来。克拉克长期以来一直认为，有必要在这些之前的工作(2016)的基础上，进行一项“新鲜的、严格的学术”皮克索尔研究。我的作品将通过分析影响皮克索尔1917年皈依伊斯兰传统后对伊斯兰传统的独特理解的演员、运动和智力趋势，为实现这一目标做出贡献。此外，通过皮克索尔的一生，我将探索伊斯兰传统被采纳并随后适应英国社会的最早例子。皮克索尔是这一过程中的关键人物，历史学家穆罕默德·塞登将这一过程称为英国伊斯兰传统的本土化(Geaves&Gilham 2017：14)。这种形式的研究在当代英国特别相关，因为生活在英国的穆斯林受到了严格的政治、公共和学术审查。像皮克索尔这样的故事继续引起共鸣，因为它们展示了“英国穆斯林”身份的根深蒂固，并说明了它实现的不同方式。我作品的这一原创性方面将使人们对皮克索尔的兴趣重新焕发出来，并展示他继续具有当代意义背后的原因。