Main description:
This book is a lucid and cogent analysis of the recent shifts in public policy and political polemics on the meaning and content of state, pluralism, secularism and equality in Europe and India.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: CIVIL SPACE AND VALUE PREMISES
The Place of 'Individual' in Indian Thought and Polity - Chaturvedi Badrinath
The Cultural Capital of Europe - Andre Habisch
Values, Norms and Institutions as Devices for European Developmental Success
The State as Value - Satish Saberwal
India, Europe, China
More Equal but Still not Equal? - Zoya Hasan
State and Inter-group Equality in Contemporary India
Is Secularism a Value in Itself? - Rajeev Bhargava
PART TWO: CONCEPTS OF THE 'OTHER' IN INDIA
Unity and Diversity in India - Ajay Mehra
Two Ends of a Continuum or a Converging Horizon
'Majorities' and 'Minorities' in Modern South Asian Islam - Mushirul Hasan
A Historian's Perspective
Basic Conflicts of 'We' and 'They' between Religious Traditions, between Hindus, Muslims and Christians in India - Imtiaz Ahmad
Basic Conflicts of 'We' and 'They' between Social and Ethnic Groups - Ambrose Pinto
'We' and 'They' Syndrome: The South Asian Experience - Partha S Ghosh
PART THREE: FACING UNIVERSALISM
Reforms, Democracy and Justice - Ranabir Samaddar
Some Issues of State and the Market in South Asia
Is Globalistion a Threat to Regional and Local Identities? - Yogendra Singh
Gender Lines - Kumkum Sangari
Personal Laws, Uniform Laws, Conversion
Individual and Group Rights in Western Europe and India - Dietmar Rothermund
Summary of Discussions - Dietmar Rothermund
This book is a lucid and cogent analysis of the recent shifts in public policy and political polemics on the meaning and content of state, pluralism, secularism and equality in Europe and India.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: CIVIL SPACE AND VALUE PREMISES
The Place of 'Individual' in Indian Thought and Polity - Chaturvedi Badrinath
The Cultural Capital of Europe - Andre Habisch
Values, Norms and Institutions as Devices for European Developmental Success
The State as Value - Satish Saberwal
India, Europe, China
More Equal but Still not Equal? - Zoya Hasan
State and Inter-group Equality in Contemporary India
Is Secularism a Value in Itself? - Rajeev Bhargava
PART TWO: CONCEPTS OF THE 'OTHER' IN INDIA
Unity and Diversity in India - Ajay Mehra
Two Ends of a Continuum or a Converging Horizon
'Majorities' and 'Minorities' in Modern South Asian Islam - Mushirul Hasan
A Historian's Perspective
Basic Conflicts of 'We' and 'They' between Religious Traditions, between Hindus, Muslims and Christians in India - Imtiaz Ahmad
Basic Conflicts of 'We' and 'They' between Social and Ethnic Groups - Ambrose Pinto
'We' and 'They' Syndrome: The South Asian Experience - Partha S Ghosh
PART THREE: FACING UNIVERSALISM
Reforms, Democracy and Justice - Ranabir Samaddar
Some Issues of State and the Market in South Asia
Is Globalistion a Threat to Regional and Local Identities? - Yogendra Singh
Gender Lines - Kumkum Sangari
Personal Laws, Uniform Laws, Conversion
Individual and Group Rights in Western Europe and India - Dietmar Rothermund
Summary of Discussions - Dietmar Rothermund