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Author Madan, T. N.

Title Modern myths, locked minds : secularism and fundamentalism in India / T.N. Madan
Edition 2nd ed
Published New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 374 pages)
Series Oxford India paperbacks
Oxford India paperbacks.
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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Subject Secularism -- India
Religious fundamentalism -- India
Hinduism -- India
Islam -- India.
Sikhism -- India
Hinduism.
Islam.
Religion.
Religious fundamentalism.
Secularism.
Sikhism.
SUBJECT India -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064947
Subject India.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199080182
0199080186
Other Titles Secularism and fundamentalism in India