Secularism, Communalism, and the Intellectuals
Secularism, Communalism, and the Intellectuals

Author: Zaheer Baber

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 108

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These essays focus on the role of fashionable critiques and smug dismissals of secularism and modernity, and the unqualified defense of so-called indigenous traditions in providing intellectual support for the discourse of Hindutva. "Zaheer Baber's stern indictment of anti-secular intellectuals should promote a revival of genuine Indian sociology rather than their unimaginative Indology. Baber takes T.N. Madan, Ashis Nandy and Veena Das to task, he offers us a theory of communalism, and he advises us to consider a comparative 'race' framework for the oppressions meted out to the socially suppressed within India: all this in a very short, readable and insightful book." -- Vijay Prashad

Indian Secularism
Indian Secularism

Author: Shabnum Tejani

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2021-01-05

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0253058333

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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.

The Furies of Indian Communalism
The Furies of Indian Communalism

Author: Achin Vanaik

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Published: 1997

Total Pages: 392

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Moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future, the possible obstacles to the development of communalism, and the forces that exist on the Left which might be brought into alliance to halt the march of chauvinism.

Religion, Religiosity, and Communalism
Religion, Religiosity, and Communalism

Author: Praful Bidwai

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 284

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In This Anthology, Academics, Journalists And Activists Come Together To Explore Several Facets Of India`S Communal Problem-Its History, Political Settings And Theoretical Underpinnings. Distinctions As Well As Convergence Between Religion, Religiosity And Communalism Are Opened Up To Examination In An Analytical Perspective At One Level And Investigation In Regional And Local Contexts At Another. The Thread That Binds The Anthology Is A Look At The Problem As Dynamic, Rather Than A Given Phenomenon: Its Dynamics Would As Well Allow Space For Its Resolution.

Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France
Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France

Author: Nadia Kiwan

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2019-11-30

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1526127660

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This book examines the thought of Abdennour Bidar, MalekChebel, Leïla Babès, AbdelwahabMeddeb and Dounia Bouzar. In doing so it investigates how these five figures allcontribute in their diverse and varying ways to broader understandings of therelationship between Islam and secularism in contemporary French society.

Towards Understanding Communalism
Towards Understanding Communalism

Author: Pramod Kumar

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Published: 1992

Total Pages: 594

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Transcript of lectures organized by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh; chiefly in the context of India of the eighties.