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1 online resource (ix, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; Historicizing Tolerance; Secularization and Democratic Politics; Secularization, Violence and Inequality; References; 2 Languages of Secularity; Introduction; Two Stages of the Intellectual History of Secularity; The Originality of the Indian Debate; Democracy and Secularism; Transformation of Hindu Nationalist Idiom; The Academic Debate about Secularism; References; 3 Secularization of Politics: Muslim Nationalism and Sectarian Conflict in South Asia |
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Democratic Politics and Muslim Sectarian Conflicts in Colonial IndiaMuslim League, Jinnah and the Ahmadi Question; Democracy and the Politics of Religious Difference in Postcolonial Pakistan; Islam, National Identity and the Postcolonial Polity; Democracy, National Identity and Law; Conclusion; References; 4 Temple Building in Secularising Nepal: Materializing Religion and Ethnicity in a State of Transformation; Introduction; Historical and Political Context; Articulating Religion and Ethnicity; The Thangmi Ethnographic Context; Temple Building Projects and their Discontents |
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Rikhipole Seti Devi MandirYapati Sunari Sangralaya tatha Tilak Pokhari Mandir; Conclusion; References; 5 Secularization and Constitutive Moments: Insights from Partition Diplomacy in South Asia; I; II; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 Key Legislation and Agreements Regarding Refugees and Evacuees in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 1947-1972; Appendix 3 Protocol Agreed between Police Officers in the Event of Border Incidents; References; 6 Tolerance in Bangladesh: Discourses of State and Society; Introduction; Secularism and Secularization in Bangladesh |
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Discerning Difference and Tolerance from Recent EventsLooking Back; I Pluralizing Theology in Centralizing Times; II Bridging Gaps in a Polarizing World; Conclusion; References; 7 In the Void of Faith: Sunnyata, Sovereignty, Minority; How to Not Avoid Speaking; The Majority's Two Bodies; The Rigorous Dignity of Truth; The Incompressible Minimum; Toward a Destituent Nonforce; References; 8 Pillayar and the Politicians: Secularization and Toleration at the End of Sri Lanka's Civil War; Pillayar Will Prevail; Temples and War; Public Religion in a Time of War; A Digression on Secularism |
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Secularization and Regimes of TolerationAcknowledgements; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"What is the relationship between secularization and tolerance? Critically analyzing the empirical and theoretical foundations of a putatively linear relationship between the two, this volume argues for moving past both romanticised readings of pre-modern tolerance and the unthinking belief that secularization will inevitably lead to tolerance. The essays collected in this volume include contributions from across South Asia that suggest that democratic politics have added a layer of complexity to questions of peaceful co-existence. Modern transformations in religious thought and practice have had contradictory implications for tolerance, which offer rich insights into contemporary debates in the region. This multi-disciplinary volume, which spans history, sociology, anthropology and political theory, questions the uncritical acceptance of tolerance as the best framework for engaging with difference, and probes the complications created by and through democratic politics"-- Provided by publisher |
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"What is the relationship between secularization and tolerance? Critically analysing the empirical and theoretical foundations of a putatively linear relationship between the two, this volume argues for moving past both romanticized readings of pre-modern tolerance and the unthinking belief that secularization will inevitably lead to tolerance. The essays collected in this volume include contributions from across South Asia that suggest that democratic politics have added a layer of complexity to questions of peaceful co-existence. Modern transformations in religious thought and practice have had contradictory implications for tolerance, which offer rich insights into contemporary debates in the region. This multi-disciplinary volume, which spans history, sociology, anthropology and political theory, questions the uncritical acceptance of tolerance as the best framework for engaging with difference, and probes the complications created by and through democratic politics"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Democracy -- South Asia
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Secularism -- Political aspects -- South Asia
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Toleration -- South Asia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Democracy.
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Secularism -- Political aspects.
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Toleration.
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South Asia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Iqtidar, Humeira, editor.
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Sarkar, Tanika, 1949- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108614825 |
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1108614825 |
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9781108582834 |
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1108582834 |
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1108684947 |
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9781108684941 |
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