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Modern Myths, Locked Minds : Secularism And Fundamentalism In India
Author: T.N.Madan
ISBN: 9780198065104
Binding: Paper Back
Publishing Year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Number of Pages: 400
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INR 465.00
About Book
Secularism is one of the important and contentious public debates in India today. It is seen to be in greater crisis now than ever before, making a case for the continuing presence of this book. The debate also furnishes the making of Indian polity and society, given the inter-related development of culture, society and politics in India. It is thus a debate about religious nationalism and fundamentalism as well. This volume examines the ideologies of secularism and fundamentalism in the setting of the religious traditions of India -- Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam. Further insightful comparison of the traditions is offered, each seen over a long period of time, revealing markedly distinctive historical experiences. This second, paperback edition comes with a new preface where the author revisits this debate and contemporarises it for the reader. Also included are two new appendices on secularism.
About Author
T.N. Madan is Honorary Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Economic Growth and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in India.
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