Crisis of secularism in India/ edited by Anuradha Dingwamey Needham and Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan (Record no. 212431)

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International Standard Book Number 9788178241944
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Classification number 211.6 CRI
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Personal name "Needham, Anuradha Dingwamey(ed.)"
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Title Crisis of secularism in India/ edited by Anuradha Dingwamey Needham and Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Ranikhet
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Permanenet black
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2007
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Extent 411p.
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Price amount 695
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Summary, etc. While secularism has been integral to India's democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are being debated anew. Signs of a crisis in the relations between state, society, and religion include the viloence against Muslims in Gujarat and the precarious situation of India's minorities more generally; personal laws that vary by religious community; the affiliation of political parties with fundamentalist religious organizations; and the rallying of sections of the diasporic Hindu community behind nationalist Hinduism. A crisis of secularism undoubtedly exists, but whether the state can resolve conflicts and ease tensions or is itself part of the problem are matters of vigorous debate. In this continuingly relevant book, twenty leading Indian intellectuals assess the contradictory ideals, policies, and practices of secularism in India. Scholars of history, anthropology, religion, politics, law, philosophy, and media studies here consider the history of secularism in India; the relationship between secularism and democracy; and shortcomings in the categories "majority" and "minority." They examine how debates about secularism play out in schools, the media, and the popular cinema. And they address two of the most politically charged sites of crisis: personal law and the right to practice and encourage religious conversion. Together the essays inject insightful analysis into the fraught controversy about the shortcomings and uncertain future of secularism in the world today.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Secularism
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