Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue 1
5. Introduction The Colonial History of Comparative Method 17
6. First Stratum: The Literary The Persian Imperium and Hafiz, 1771 a.d.–1390 a.d. 51
7. Second Stratum: The Immanent Shari‘a and the Mu‘allaqāt, 1782 a.d.–550 a.d. 97
8. Third Stratum: The Originary The Dharma and Śakuntalā, 1794 a.d.–1400 b.c. 147
9. Conclusion: Genealogies of Emergency 187
10. Notes 201
11. Bibliography 231
12. Index 259