Shabnum Tejani

Indian Secularism

A Social and Intellectual History, 1890-1950

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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, Tejani shows how secularism came to be bound up with ideas about nationalism and national identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 144mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 391g
• ISBN-13: 9780253220448
• ISBN-10: 0253220440
• Artikelnr.: 23580260

Autorenporträt

Shabnum Tejani

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