Secularism as Misdirection
Critical Thought from the Global South
1st Edition
Published on 5. April 2024
384 pages
978-1-4780-5944-8 (ISBN)
Description
Nivedita Menon traces how the discourse of secularism hyper-visualizes women and religion as a means of obscuring forms of capitalist, racialized, caste, and anti-minoritarian violence throughout the global South.
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Nivedita Menon is Professor of Comparative Politics and Political Theory at Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of Seeing Like a Feminist and Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics beyond the Law.
Content
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Thinking Secularism from the Global South 1
1. State, Religion, and the Bodies of Women 35
2. Hindu Majoritarianism and the Construction of Religion 91
3. The Failed Project of Creating Hindus 126
4. The Self and Psychoanalysis from the Global South 198
5. Capitalism as Secular Science 261
6. Insurgent Constitutionalism and Radical Frames of Citizenship 315
7. Reshaping Worlds-Beyond the Capitalist Horizon 351
Bibliography 389
Index 443
Introduction: Thinking Secularism from the Global South 1
1. State, Religion, and the Bodies of Women 35
2. Hindu Majoritarianism and the Construction of Religion 91
3. The Failed Project of Creating Hindus 126
4. The Self and Psychoanalysis from the Global South 198
5. Capitalism as Secular Science 261
6. Insurgent Constitutionalism and Radical Frames of Citizenship 315
7. Reshaping Worlds-Beyond the Capitalist Horizon 351
Bibliography 389
Index 443
