Indian Secularism

A Social and Intellectual History, 1890-1950

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Many of the central issues in modern Indian politics have long been understood in terms of an opposition between ideologies of secularism and communalism. Observers have argued that recent Hindu nationalism is the symptom of a crisis of Indian secularism and have blamed this on a resurgence of religion or communalism. Shabnum Tejani unpacks prevailing assumptions about the meaning of secularism in contemporary politics, focusing on India but with many points of comparison elsewhere in the world. She questions the simple dichotomy between secularism and communalism that has been used in scholarly study and political discourse. Tracing the social, political, and intellectual genealogies of the concepts of secularism and communalism from the late nineteenth century until the ratification of the Indian constitution in 1950, she shows how secularism came to be bound up with ideas about nationalism and national identity.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-09-17
Mått140 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt386 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253220448

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AcknowledgementsGlossaryAbbreviationsIntroduction I: NATIONALISM1. A Hindu Community in Maharashtra? Cow Protection, Ganpati Festivals and Music before Mosques 1893-18942. Regionalism to Nationalism: Swadeshi and the New Patriotism in Maharashtra 1905-1910 II: COMMUNALISM 3. From 'Religious Community' to 'Communal Minority': Muslims and the Debates around Constitutional Reform 1906-19094. The Question of Muslim Autonomy: The Khilafat Movement and the Separation of Sind 1919-1932 III: SECULARISM 5. From Untouchable to Hindu: Gandhi, Ambedkar, and the Depressed Classes Question 19326. From Nationalism to Secularism: Defining the Secular Citizen 1946-1950BibliographyIndex

Indian Secularism is a provocative book. It begins with the judgment that secularism is dead, for reasons of semantic vaporization and loss of prescriptive value. It ends with the aspiration for a 'more democratic and plural society.May 2010- Dilip Simeon (Independent Scholar and Historian) Tejani draws our attention to the evolution of secularism as a political concept in colonial India, and to the often unexpected conceptual anchors that continue to exert a determinative, though hidden, influence over secular politics up to the present day.Vol. 115 Feb. 2010- Srirupa Roy (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Indian Secularism . . . provides us with a nuanced, historical account of the developmental relationship of ideas of nationalism comunalism, and secularism in India. It will be of interest to many readers.V.10.2 Fall 2009- Manu Bhagavan (Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History) What comes through in Tejani's study is that despite claims to the contrary, India was (and is) dominated by one ethnic group, variously orthodox but homogeneously Hindu.October 2009(Choice)