The Crisis of Secularism in IndiaAnuradha Dingwaney Needham, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan Duke University Press, 18 ian. 2007 - 432 pagini While secularism has been integral to India’s democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are now being debated anew. Signs of a crisis in the relations between state, society, and religion include the violence directed against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 and the precarious situation of India’s minority religious groups more generally; the existence of personal laws that vary by religious community; the affiliation of political parties with fundamentalist religious organizations; and the rallying of a significant proportion of the diasporic Hindu community behind a resurgent nationalist Hinduism. There is a broad consensus that a crisis of secularism exists, but whether the state can resolve conflicts and ease tensions or is itself part of the problem is a matter of vigorous political and intellectual debate. In this timely, nuanced collection, twenty leading Indian cultural theorists assess the contradictory ideals, policies, and practices of secularism in India. Scholars of history, anthropology, religion, politics, law, philosophy, and media studies take on a broad range of concerns. Some consider the history of secularism in India; others explore theoretical issues such as the relationship between secularism and democracy or the shortcomings of the categories “majority” and “minority.” Contributors examine how the debates about secularism play out in schools, the media, and the popular cinema. And they address two of the most politically charged sites of crisis: personal law and the right to practice and encourage religious conversion. Together the essays inject insightful analysis into the fraught controversy about the shortcomings and uncertain future of secularism in the world today. Contributors. Flavia Agnes, Upendra Baxi, Shyam Benegal, Akeel Bilgrami, Partha Chatterjee, V. Geetha, Sunil Khilnani, Nivedita Menon, Ashis Nandy, Anuradha Dingwaney Needham, Gyanendra Pandey, Gyan Prakash, Arvind Rajagopal, Paula Richman, Sumit Sarkar, Dwaipayan Sen, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Shabnum Tejani, Romila Thapar, Ravi S. Vasudevan, Gauri Viswanathan |
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... elections in India , which installed a Congress - led United Progressive Alliance ( upa ) at the center , defeating the bjp - led National Democratic Alliance ( nda ) , are viewed by many as provid- ing the crucial breathing space ...
... that its own " positive secularism " entailed “ Justice for all , appeasement to none " ( 1998 bjp election manifesto ) . The insistence on its own brand of secularism was intended to mark the bjp's 16 R. Sunder Rajan and A. D. Needham.
... elections held in March 2004 , a Congress - led United Progressive Alliance ( upa ) came to power at the center ... Election Study ( nes ) 2004 , conducted a post - poll survey whose findings led one commentator , Abhay Datar , to ...
... elections . Rajagopal's analysis finds that the media ( national television , in particular ) are an important technical means for Hindutva's production of a national identity , especially significant during a period of crisis and rapid ...
... election results also offer cautious hope — not necessarily in terms of a triumph of “ secularism , " or even a definitive defeat of Hindutva politics , but at least of a secularization of the polity for whom issues other than religion ...
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I Secularisms Historical Background | 43 |
II Secularism and Democracy | 105 |
Education Media and Cinema | 189 |
IV Secularism and Personal Law | 265 |
V Conversion | 331 |
Works Cited | 373 |
Contributors | 397 |
Index | 401 |
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