The politics of secularism and the recovery of religious tolerance

The author seeks to provide a political preface to the recovery of a well-known domain of public concern in South Asia, ethnic and especially religious tolerance, from the hegemonic language of secularism popularized by westernized intellectuals and middle classes exposed to the globally dominant la...

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Published in:Alternatives
Main Author: Nandy, Ashis 1937- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1988
In: Alternatives
Further subjects:B Asia
B Secularization
B Asia Religion Secularization Westernization
B Religion
B Westernization
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Summary:The author seeks to provide a political preface to the recovery of a well-known domain of public concern in South Asia, ethnic and especially religious tolerance, from the hegemonic language of secularism popularized by westernized intellectuals and middle classes exposed to the globally dominant language of the nation-state in this part of the world. This language increasingly has become a cover for the complicity of modern intellectuals and the moderizing middle classes of South Asia in the new forms of religious violence. (Internat. Pol. Science Assoc.)
ISSN:0304-3754
Contains:In: Alternatives