Book contents
- Tolerance, Secularization and Democratic Politics in South Asia
- Tolerance, Secularization and Democratic Politics in South Asia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Languages of Secularity
- 3 Secularization of Politics: Muslim Nationalism and Sectarian Conflict in South Asia
- 4 Temple Building in Secularising Nepal: Materializing Religion and Ethnicity in a State of Transformation
- 5 Secularization and Constitutive Moments: Insights from Partition Diplomacy in South Asia
- 6 Tolerance in Bangladesh: Discourses of State and Society
- 7 In the Void of Faith: Sunnyata, Sovereignty, Minority
- 8 Pillayar and the Politicians: Secularization and Toleration at the End of Sri Lanka’s Civil War
- Index
- References
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2018
Book contents
- Tolerance, Secularization and Democratic Politics in South Asia
- Tolerance, Secularization and Democratic Politics in South Asia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Languages of Secularity
- 3 Secularization of Politics: Muslim Nationalism and Sectarian Conflict in South Asia
- 4 Temple Building in Secularising Nepal: Materializing Religion and Ethnicity in a State of Transformation
- 5 Secularization and Constitutive Moments: Insights from Partition Diplomacy in South Asia
- 6 Tolerance in Bangladesh: Discourses of State and Society
- 7 In the Void of Faith: Sunnyata, Sovereignty, Minority
- 8 Pillayar and the Politicians: Secularization and Toleration at the End of Sri Lanka’s Civil War
- Index
- References
Summary
What is the relationship between secularization and tolerance? Critically analysing the empirical and theoretical foundations of a putatively linear relationship between the two, this volume argues for moving past both romanticized readings of pre-modern tolerance, and the unthinking belief that secularization will inevitably lead to tolerance. Contributions from across South Asia in this volume suggest that democratic politics have added a layer of complexity to questions of peaceful co-existence. Modern transformations in religious thought and practice have had contradictory implications for tolerance, and the volume allows a rich insight into contemporary debates in the region.
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