Modern myths, locked minds : secularism and fundamentalism in India / T.N. Madan.
By: Madan, T. N.
Material type: TextSeries: Oxford India paperbacks.Publisher: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxv, 374 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780198065104 (pbk.); 0198065108 (pbk.).Other title: Secularism and fundamentalism in India.Subject(s): Secularism -- India | Religious fundamentalism -- India | Hinduism -- India | Islam -- India | Sikhism -- India | India -- ReligionDDC classification: 201.3Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Previous ed.: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-357) and index.
1. Introduction: Scope, Concepts, Method -- 2. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Meanings of Secularism -- 3. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Fundamentalisms, Old and New -- 4. Islam in South Asia: From Orthodoxy to Fundamentalism -- 5. Islam in South Asia: Quest for Pluralism -- 6. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Secularism as Pluralism -- 7. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Revivalism and Fundamentalism -- 8. The Crisis of Indian Secularism.
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. Modern Myths, Locked Minds 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.
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