Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 374 pages) |
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Oxford India paperbacks |
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Oxford India paperbacks.
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Contents |
1. Introduction: Scope, Concepts, Method -- 2. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Meanings of Secularism -- 3. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Fundamentalisms, Old and New -- 4. Islam in South Asia: From Orthodoxy to Fundamentalism -- 5. Islam in South Asia: Quest for Pluralism -- 6. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Secularism as Pluralism -- 7. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Revivalism and Fundamentalism -- 8. The Crisis of Indian Secularism |
Summary |
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. Modern Myths, Locked Minds 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 |
Notes |
Previous edition: 1997 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-357) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Secularism -- India
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Religious fundamentalism -- India
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Hinduism -- India
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Islam -- India.
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Sikhism -- India
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Hinduism.
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Islam.
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Religion.
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Religious fundamentalism.
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Secularism.
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Sikhism.
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SUBJECT |
India -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064947
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Subject |
India.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780199080182 |
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0199080186 |
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