- Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 374 p.)
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Oxford India paperbacks.
- Uniform Title
- Modern myths, locked minds (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Modern myths, locked minds (Online)
- Secularism and fundamentalism in India
- Subject
- Note
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-357) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2010502670
- OCLC
- ssj0000753586
- Author
Madan, T. N.
- Title
Modern myths, locked minds [electronic resource] : secularism and fundamentalism in India / T.N. Madan.
- Imprint
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Edition
2nd ed.
- Series
Oxford India paperbacks.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-357) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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