Modern myths, locked minds : secularism and fundamentalism in India
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Modern myths, locked minds : secularism and fundamentalism in India
（Oxford India paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 2009
2nd ed
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- Other Title
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Secularism and fundamentalism in India
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Note
Previous ed.: 1997
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-357) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Secularism is one of the important and contentious public debates in India today. It is seen to be in greater crisis now than ever before, making a case for the continuing presence of this book. The debate also furnishes the making of Indian polity and society, given the inter-related development of culture, society and politics in India. It is thus a debate about religious nationalism and fundamentalism as well. This volume examines the ideologies of secularism and
fundamentalism in the setting of the religious traditions of India - Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam. Further insightful comparison of the traditions is offered, each seen over a long period of time, revealing markedly distinctive historical experiences.
This second, paperback edition comes with a new preface where the author revisits this debate and contemporarises it for the reader. Also included are two new appendices on secularism.
Table of Contents
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- EPILOGUE
- APPENDIX I: SECULARISM IN ITS PLACE
- APPENDIX II: SECULARISM REVISITED: DOCTRINE OF DESTINY OR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY?
- GLOSSARY
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
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