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可能对许多人来说并不熟悉，但对于那些了解他的故事的人来说，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，其作品受到了 D H 劳伦斯、H G 威尔斯和 E M 福斯特等同时代人的赞扬，他成为第一位翻译《古兰经》的以英语为母语的人；他今天最为人所知的成就。尽管皮克索尔在英国穆斯林遗产中取得了巨大的文学成就和独特的地位，但他的遗产在他 1936 年去世后基本上没有被探索过。正是由于安·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需要在这些先前的作品的基础上进行一项“新鲜的、严格学术的”皮克索尔研究（2016）。我的工作将通过分析影响皮克索尔在 1917 年皈依伊斯兰教后对伊斯兰传统的独特理解的行动者、运动和思想趋势来实现这一目标。此外，通过皮克索尔的一生，我将探索可以说是伊斯兰传统被采用和传播的最早的例子。然后适应英国社会。皮克索尔是这一过程中的关键人物，历史学家穆罕默德·塞登将其称为英国伊斯兰传统的“本土化”（Geaves & Gilham 2017：14）。由于生活在英国的穆斯林受到严格的政治、公众和学术审查，这种形式的研究在当代英国尤其重要。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”身份的根源，并说明了其实现的多种方式。我作品的这一原创性方面将把人们对皮克索尔重新燃起的兴趣置于背景之中，并展示他持续具有当代意义的背后的原因。