Shabnum Tejani

Indian Secularism (eBook, ePUB)

A Social and Intellectual History, 1890-1950

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253058331
• Artikelnr.: 60682639

Autorenporträt

Shabnum Tejani is Lecturer in Modern South Asian History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Glossary
Abbreviations
Introduction
I: NATIONALISM
1. A Hindu Community in Maharashtra? Cow Protection, Ganpati Festivals and
Music before Mosques 1893-1894
2. Regionalism to Nationalism: Swadeshi and the New Patriotism in
Maharashtra 1905-1910
II: COMMUNALISM
3. From 'Religious Community' to 'Communal Minority': Muslims and the
Debates around Constitutional Reform 1906-1909
4. The Question of Muslim Autonomy: The Khilafat Movement and the
Separation of Sind 1919-1932
III: SECULARISM
5. From Untouchable to Hindu: Gandhi, Ambedkar, and the Depressed Classes
Question 1932
6. From Nationalism to Secularism: Defining the Secular Citizen 1946-1950
Bibliography
Index