Secularism and itz critics/ ed by Rajeev Bhargava
- New Delhi Oxford 2013
- 550 p.
Secularism And Its Critics: Themes In Politics, edited by Bhargava Rajeev, gives the reader a thorough introduction to some of the theories of secular thought that are popular in the West as well as in India. The book also deals extensively into what the true meaning of secularism in India is. Additionally the text also gives the reader a slight view of poststructuralist and postmodern literature.
The text captures a variety of thoughts on the subject of secularism by various authors. The book contains an introduction by Bhargava himself. Some of the essays included in the book are Modes of Secularism by Charles Taylor, Muslim Minorities in Liberal Democracies: The Politics of Misrecognition by Melissa S Williams and Joseph H Carens, The Difficulty of Tolerance by T M Scanlon, and Religious Liberty: Freedom of Choice or Freedom of Conscience by Michael J Sandel.