The Future of Secularism
Published on 27. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-19-569885-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume collects eleven essays and their commentaries by some of the world's leading scholars who hail from multicultural and multiethnic societies. The essays discuss the trends in secularism in social, politics, legal, and administrative organs including literature and academic institutions and the media. They further examine the perceived threat to secularism asking if it is a passing phenomenon or a deep seated one and whether the threat extends beyond secularism to economic liberalism and globalization. The contributors also discuss viable options for national and international institutions (governmental and non-governmental) to diffuse the threat. This volume includes contributions from renowned scholars like Jagdish Bhagwati, Rajeev Bhargava, Faisal Devji, Dilip M. Menon, Romila Thapar, Fakir Syed Aijazuddin, and Amila Buturovic.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
353 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-569885-5 (9780195698855)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
T.N. Srinivasan is Samuel C. Park, Jr Professor of Economics, Yale University, USA
Content
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION (T.N. SRINIVASAN); PART I: 2. SECULARISM IN INDIA: WHY IS IT IMPERILLED? (JAGDISH BHAGWATI); 3. THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF INDIAN SECULARISM (RAJEEV BHARGAVA); COMMENTS (FAISAL DEVJI); 4. AN INNER VIOLENCE: WHY COMMUNALISM IN INDIA IS ABOUT CASTE (DILIP M. MENON); 5. IS SECULARISM ALIEN TO INDIAN CIVILIZATION? (ROMILA THAPAR); COMMENTS (SHYAM SUNDER); 6. THE FUTURE OF SECULARISM AND THE PROMISE OF DIVERSITY IN INDIA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (LAMIN SANNEH); 7. THE SHIFTING QIBLAH: ISLAMIZATION UNDER GENERAL ZIA-UL-HAQ AND SECULARISM UNDER GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF-THE PAKISTANI EXPERIENCE (F.S. AIJAZUDDIN); COMMENTS (MAHMOOD MONSHIPOURI); ; PART II: 8. SECULARISM, 'REVIVALISM', MIMICRY (GOENAWAN MOHAMAD); COMMENTS (BEN KIERNAN); 9. THE CLASH OF RELIGIO-POLITICAL THOUGHT: THE CONTEST BETWEEN RADICAL-CONSERVATIVE ISLAM AND PROGRESSIVE-LIBERAL ISLAM IN POST-SOEHARTO INDONESIA (M. SYAFI'S ANWAR); PART III: 10. ISLAM AND SECULARISM-PLATO AND KHOMEINI: QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES (NUR YALMAN); COMMENTS (ABBAS AMANAT); 11. WHEN SECULARISM OPPOSES NATIONALISM: THE CASE OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (AMILA BUTUROVIC); COMMENTS (MICHAEL HOLQUIST); NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.