Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey, and the Future of Secularism

ISBN-13: 9781108454865 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 388 str.

Sumantra Bose

Opis

Presents a comparative study of two major attempts to build secular states - India and Turkey - in the non-Western world

Recenzje

'The book shows why secular politics consistently fails to deliver on its promises.' Nick Spencer, The Tablet

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The discontents of secularism; 2. Paths to the secular state; 3. Paradoxes of the secular state; 4. India: the anti-secularist ascendancy; 5. Turkey: the anti-secularist triumph; 6. Secular and anti-secular authoritarianisms: i. The case of Kemalism ii. The case of Hindu-nationalism; 7. The futures of secularism; Bibliography; Index.