Title: The future of secularism /
Authors: Srinivasan, T. N.,; South Asian Studies Council (Yale University)
Date: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: viii, 327 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: B
Abstract: Chiefly with reference to India and also on Islam and secularism; papers presented at a seminar organized by the South Asian Studies Council, Yale University during March 26-27, 2004.
Contents: Introduction / T.N. Srinivasan -- Secularism in India : why is it imperilled? / Jagdish Bhagwati -- The distinctiveness of Indian secularism / Rajeev Bhargava -- Comments on Rajeev Bhargava's "The distinctiveness of Indian secularism" / Faisal Devji -- An inner violence : why communalism in India is about caste / Dilip M. Menon -- Is secularism alien to Indian civilization? / Romila Thapar -- Comments on Romila Thapar's "Is secularism alien to Indian civilization?" / Shyam Sunder -- The future of secularism and the promise of diversity in India : a historical perspective / Lamin Sanneh -- The shifting qiblah : Islamization under General Zia ul Haq and secularism under General Pervez Musharraf : the Pakistani experience / F.S. Aijazuddin -- Comments on F.S. Aijazuddin's "The shifting qiblah" / Mahmood Monshipouri -- Secularism, "revivalism", mimicry / Goenawan Mohamad -- What we can learn from Indonesian Islam : comments on Goenawan Mohamad's "Secularism, 'revivalism', and mimicry" / Ben Kiernan -- The clash of religio-political thought : the contest between radical-conservative Islam and progressive-liberal Islam in post-Soeharto Indonesia / M. Syafi'i Anwar -- Islam and secularism, Plato and Khomeini : questions concerning the open society and its enemies / Nur Yalman -- Comments on Nur Yalman's "Islam and secularism, Plato and Khomeini" / Abbas Amanat -- When secularism opposes nationalism : the case of the former Yugoslavia / Amila Buturovic -- Comments on Amila Buturovic's "When secularism opposes nationalism" / Michael Holquist.
Notes: Most papers from a one day international conference 26-27 March 2004, organized by the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University.
Subject headings (LCSH): Islam and secularism--Congresses.; Islam and secularism--Developing countries--Congresses.; Secularism--Developing countries--Congresses.; Secularism--India--Congresses.; Secularism--South Asia--Congresses.