Secularism Under Siege
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Secularism Under Siege

Revisiting the Indian Secular State

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Secularism Under Siege

Revisiting the Indian Secular State

About this book

This anthology makes a discerning attempt to bring into focus myriad dimensions of secularism and the foremost impediments to its attainment. The scholars who contributed to this volume have underscored that the disconnect between a modern-secular state and a conservative society is detrimental to recognizing an ideal secular-democratic polity. Then there is the burden of the past centuries that independent India has to carry on its young shoulders. The political factions in India invent their own historical narratives to advance their political agenda coupled with political and economic arguments leading to social dissensions and communal hatred, the ugliest manifestation of which is communal violence that occasionally takes on the form of anti-minority pogroms.

The academic critiques of the concept of secularism and its correlated premises belted in this volume shall be of assistance not only to the scholars but also to the students of social sciences and the conscientious readers interested in knowing about the current socio-political milieu.

This title is co-published with Aakar Books. Print editions not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Editor's Note
  7. Foreword
  8. 1 Secularism: The Idea, Indian Version and Challenges
  9. 2 Reimagining Secularism: State, Religion and Principled Distance
  10. 3 Secularism, Secularization and Human Rights
  11. 4 Confronting [email protected]
  12. 5 Contents and Discontents of Indian Secularism
  13. 6 Discourses on Nationalism and Question of Secular State
  14. 7 The Roots of Secularism in the Indian Tradition
  15. 8 Breaking the Siege: A Few Tentative Suggestions
  16. 9 Crony Secularism, Dialogue and Sacrifice: A Study of Kandhamal Violence, Odisha
  17. 10 Impediments in the Way of Secularism
  18. 11 Secularism and Democracy: Symbiotically Linked Concepts
  19. 12 Muslims and the Indian State
  20. 13 Rise of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM): A Threat to Secularism?
  21. 14 Secularism in India: Challenges
  22. 15 Challenges to Secularism: The Task Ahead
  23. 16 Secularism and Annihilation of Caste: Hamid Dalwai and Politics of Muslim Reform
  24. 17 A Critique of the Critics of Indian Secularism: A Study of Partha Chatterjee's ā€˜Secularism and Tolerationā€™
  25. 18 Secularism and Livelihood
  26. 19 Conversion: A Point of Confusion for Secularists and Others
  27. 20 Dimensions of Secularism in India
  28. 21 Execution of Secularism Through the State: A Case Study of Pune City
  29. Contributors