Tolerance, Secularization and Democratic Politics in South Asia

ISBN-13: 9781108428545 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 224 str.

Humeira Iqtidar; Tanika Sarkar

Opis

Fresh perspectives on the relationship between secularization, tolerance and democracy through a theoretically informed look at South Asian politics.

Recenzje

'At a time when issues of religious intolerance in South Asia are so much in the news, this is a very welcome and timely collection of essays. Taking us beyond abstract theorizing, the book provides a vibrant look at the relationship between secularization and democracy across five South Asia countries – all of them struggling, in different ways, with the creation of democratic political orders. 'Secularization', 'tolerance', and 'religion' are not abstract concepts in these essays, but changing ideas embedded in specific political conflicts. … Taken together, the essays will transform how we think about these concepts.' David Gilmartin, North Carolina State University

Spis treści

1. Introduction Humeira Iqtidar and Tanika Sarkar; 2. Languages of secularity Sudipta Kaviraj; 3. Secularization of politics: Muslim nationalism and sectarian conflict in South Asia Sadia Saeed; 4. Temple building in secularizing Nepal: materializing religion and ethnicity in a state of transformation Sara Shneiderman; 5. Secularization and 'constitutive moments': insights from partition diplomacy in South Asia Joya Chatterji; 6. Tolerance in Bangladesh: discourses of state and society Samia Huq; 7. In the void of faith: Sunnyata, sovereignty, minority Aishwary Kumar; 8. Pillayar and the politicians: secularization and toleration at the end of Sri Lanka's Civil War Jonathan Spencer.