[...]g to prescribe the ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rightful atmosphere for prayer ='lgc'>--="trms">gesture='lgc'>='lgc'>--> seizure
="lstsrd">3. the state drawn into theological disputation and legal experimentation over how over should attach oneself to the prophet ='lgc'>--="trms">gesture='lgc'>='lgc'>--> legal experimentation
="lstsrd">4. a pious man trying to seek guidance on how to be Muslim from an invisible being (jinn) ='lgc'>--="trms">gesture='lgc'>='lgc'>--> search for guidance
='lgc'>}='lgc'>--="trms">affect='lgc'>='lgc'>--> accompanied by intensity of ="trms">seriousness, sincerity, ex="trms">citement, disappointment, sense of loss
='lgc'>}='lgc'>--commitment='lgc'>='lgc'>--> friendship, neighborliness, familial ties

large arsenal of off-color ="trms">jokes about specia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list fogures of all ="trms">religious traditions in the popular culture of the subcontinent...
="lsts lst1">•="trms">horror ="trms">stories
="lsts lst1">•psychological profile of mullas
="lsts lst1">•weekly skewing of mullas
="lsts lst1">•mulla ="trms">jokes
="lsts lst1">•cartoons
="lsts lst1">•
political commentary ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>--> criticism
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> mulla was to blame for everything that was perceived to be wrong (in Pakistan) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">pervasive skepticism='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[also in ="nms">Iran='lgc'>]

skepticism shadows striving (='qstn'>?)


the other of the striving muslim in Pakistan='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•shadowi Shia
="lsts lst1">•deceiving Ahmadi
="lsts lst1">•bad-tempered mulla بدمزاج


="large lg2" stl="font-size:112%"> mulla='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•Iqbal ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ossification of the institution of ulama
="lsts lst1">•Pakistani state ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ossification of commentary upon Islamic texts

...everyday assertion that one's ="trms">religiousity is superior to others


mulla='lgc'> = full-fl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edged maleficent persona


skepticism of daily existence
="lstsrd">1. ...(they become skeptical) about his rationality and grounds for his beliefs
="lstsrd">2. ...(at some point) anything could be said or believed about him
="lstsrd">3. ...(he felt like) everyone around him had turned to ="trms">animals
="lstsrd">4. ...(he presumed) everyday life was one of illusion and appearances ='lgc'>[go to ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="nms">kelile demne این همه سودا است، مجاز='lgc'>]
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> actualize the potential for ='strcls'>*skepticism that existed in the ="trms">social fabric='strcls'>*
='lgc'>=/= chance encounter
='lgc'>=/= ="trms">pervasive condition


figure of the mulla ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~= collective fear ='lgc'>+ revulsion='lgc'>] ='lgc'>--="trms">traverse='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the fragmented public culture of the city


='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]ulama='lgc'>: guardian, transmitter, ="trms">interpreter of shari'a
='lgc'>+ ="trms">specific claims of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge upon='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. تفسیر tafsir (commentary upon the Quran)
="lstsrd">2. فقه figh (jurisprudence)
="lstsrd">3. حدیث hadis (sayings of the prophet)
="lstsrd">4. کلام kalam (speculative theology)
='lgc'>+ (in Pakistan) personnel in mosque='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. امام imam
="lstsrd">2. خطیب khatib (Frida sermon)
="lstsrd">3. قاری ghari
="lstsrd">4. موذن muezzin

mulla ='lgc'>--derogatory='lgc'>='lgc'>--> one who is overzealous in upholding the letter of the shari'a
(='lgc'>+ additional connotation='lgc'>:)
="lsts lst1">•ignorant master ='lgc'>[go to ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> mulla nasruddin='lgc'>: ="trms">religious master who gets by in life through hypocrisy and cunning ='lgc'>+ outsmarting those of noble birth and high cultivation='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•gabza ="trms">agent (seizure of property)
="lsts lst1">•sodomizer (one who rapes men)
="lsts lst1">•a naive fool out of step with his time
="lsts lst1">•


colonial politics in south Asia ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> British colonial administration in India see ulama as outdated, deliberately obscurantist, jahel ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> negative stereotype ='lgc'>='lgc'>--='lgc'>='lgc'>--> post-colonial period

="large lg1" stl="font-size:129%"> mullaism='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•Pakistani state ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> fossilized state of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge on Islam
="lsts lst1">•Iqbal ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> mullaism ='lgc'>=/= freedom of ijtihad


(Talal Asad ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) Islamic diskursive tradition is grounded in ='strcls'>*argument that anticipates resistance='strcls'>* in the form of doubt, in="trms">difference, or lack of understanding ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> it employs the force of reason to bring forth the ='strcls'>*willing performance of a practice='strcls'>*
='lgc'>}='lgc'>==produce='lgc'>='lgc'>==> domain of orthodoxy (='lgc'>+ ="trms">relations of power)


(for ="ppl">Naveeda) ="trms">anxiety or skepticism ='lgc'>~= sign of aspiration for striving


labbaik='lgc'>: i am here (to follow your orders)

theatrical unteality

...animus lies in the ="trms">world
='lgc'>[later he='lgc'>] identitues this animus with thr workings of iblis (satan)
...this is a city of whispers ='lgc'>[waswasen='lgc'>], a city of mad possession ='lgc'>[shar='lgc'>], a city of deviation ='lgc'>[ilhad='lgc'>], a city of ="trms">anxiety ='lgc'>[tazadzud='lgc'>], a city of dispersion ='lgc'>[intishar='lgc'>]

the ability to smell oneself ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to experience oneself as other


how public culture can ability skepticism as a ="trms">pervasive condition


mulla ="trms">jokes ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">horror ="trms">stories='lgc'> = fear ='lgc'>+ revulsion

(="ppl">Freudian) eruptive quality of ="trms">jokes ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">joke erupts into everyday life as of from elsewhere

political cartoon='lgc'>: maximum effect through a minimum of details

(mulla) ="trms">jokes, ="trms">horror ="trms">stories, political cartoons ='lgc'>--="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*exiling the foreignness within='strcls'>*


="trms">stories of='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. mosque in an upscale shopping center
="lstsrd">2. sexually predictory mulla
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (speaks of='lgc'>:)
="lstsrd">1. the perception that there were places in Pakistan where vise was allowed to grow unchecked
="lstsrd">2. the menace the ulama introduced into everyday life
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (the effect of='lgc'>:)
="lsts lst1">•keeping public attention upon possible sites and ="trms">agents of corruption
="lsts lst1">•putting the everyday life into ="trms">question (as to whether it was what it appeared to be)


political cartoons ='lgc'>--imply='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•Pakistanis are caught in someone else's game
="lsts lst1">•growing unfamiliarity of Pakistan


(charges of)
sinfulness
sexual voraciousness
cunning
gluttony
political ambition
worthlessness
corruption
self-destruction
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> continuous efforts to set the mulla outside of oneself (='lgc'>=/= everyday familiarity with the ulama)

='strcls'>***negative ="trms">stories and cartoons ='lgc'>--express='lgc'>='lgc'>--> various degrees of skeptical orientation to the ="trms">world='strcls'>***
="trms">jokes ='lgc'>--(descriptive ="trms">density)='lgc'>='lgc'>--> full expression to skepticism
='lgc'>--='lgc'>{also in ="nms">Iran='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> making (mulla) grotesquely other ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> inconcevable to ="trms">imagine any points of relatedness (to mulla)



="lsts lst1">•scatological ="trms">jokes
="lsts lst1">•reworking of official ="trms">rhetoric for ludic effect
="lsts lst1">•exaggerated performance of power
='lgc'>}='lgc'>--Mbembe='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “="trms">relationship of conviviality with the realm of official power”

vulgarity ='lgc'>==long-term='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*zombification of official figures='strcls'>* (robbed of their humanity ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> they cannot be apprehended except through their caricatures)

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="brkr">
to loosen some terms carefully='lgc'>: ="trms">memory, form, order,


='lgc'>[The arts of ="trms">memory- Comparative perspectives on a mental artifact. Revised and updated by the ="trms">author ="ppl">Carlo ="ppl">="ppl">Severi. ="trms">Translated by ="ppl">Matthew ="ppl">="ppl">Carey - ="ppl">="ppl">Severi - HAU- Journal of Ethnographic Theory='lgc'>]


="trms">memory as a domain of ="trms">social life

archive
“order” constitutes a principle to engender other forms of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge

totem poles, simply records the ="trms">different circumstances that marked a particular ="trms">social group, were comprised of organized series
occupied with the trans="trms">mission of ‘names’, but necessarily, paralleled by a form of logical power, implies sequential ordering of ="trms">different forms of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge.

the “art of ="trms">memory” applies ="trms">different types of ="trms">relationships or archival ="trms">techniques that are not limited to mere numerical calculation='lgc'>: mnemonic, iconographic, and logical ="trms">techniques.

provide a convincing account of the complex process of ordering

in a ="trms">measured ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigorous way...

what characterizes the ="trms">system

development of taxonomic principle
="trms">system endowed with a high degree of logical power

='thdf'>the idea of pure quantity, based on decimal numbers applicable to wide range of ="trms">categories='lgc'>: people, objects, units of time or space, etc.

="large lg3" stl="font-size:111%"> an “art of ="trms">memory” possessed of rudimentary form of visual salience and an extremely complex ordering of re="trms">presentable knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge

what ="trms">matters are ="trms">system's logical implications and not its visual manifestations

salience
(colors, shapes of knots, ="trms">folds)

the qualitative ="trms">categories (meant to be named)

="large lg4" stl="font-size:112%"> (finding) the organizing principles

precisely calibrated
oriented space
(="trms">geometrically='qstn'>?)

what constitutes the logical poles of the vast spectrum of the projects in the archive (people, objects, units of time or space, etc.)

(concerning the archive) we can negotiate two types of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge='lgc'>: ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">lists and ="trms">narratives

to identify a series of key elements that allow us to rethink a wider chronology

="large lg5" stl="font-size:164%"> textual archaeology - evaluates and decrypts, layer by layer

discovering (evidential) mnemoni[...]