ABSTRACT

This article, divided into two parts, explores the ramifications of Eaton's India in the Persianate Age for salient topics in Sikh historiography. The first part defines Eaton's arguments and expands on facets of the Persianate dispensation, drawing out relevant features of his biography and previous works. Secularity and universality as well as the approaches adopted to break from reified notions of religious community are underscored. The second part focuses on violence, militancy, and millenarianism in moments of crisis in early Sikh history. The article develops the dialectic of social levels and, in doing so, invokes Clio, the muse of historians.

摘要

本文分为两部分，针对锡克教史学中的重要主题，探讨波斯时代伊顿的印度所产生的影响。第一部分定义了伊顿的论点，并扩展了 Persianate 特许权的各个方面，绘制了他的传记和以前作品的相关特征。强调了世俗性和普遍性，以及为打破宗教共同体的具体概念而采取的方法。第二部分侧重于锡克教历史早期危机时刻的暴力、好战和千禧年主义。这篇文章发展了社会层面的辩证法，并在此过程中援引了历史学家的缪斯女神克里奥。