Transnationality of the Secular
Subtitle: Travelling Ideas and Shared Practices of Secularism in Decolonising South and Southeast Asia
Publisher: BRILL; Brill
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9789004447912
Subjects: Political science, philosophy; Religion and politics; Philosophy and religion
Description: To what extent was the evolution of secularism in South and Southeast Asia between the end of the First World War and decolonisation after 1945 a result of transimperial and transnational patterns? To capture the diversity of twentieth-century secularisms, Clemens Six explores similarities resulting from translocal networks of ideas and practices since 1918. Six approaches these networks via a framework of global intellectual history, the history of transnational social networks, and the global history of non-state institutions. Empirically, he illustrates his argument with three case studies: the reception of Atatürk?s reforms across Asia and the Middle East; translocal women?s circles in the interwar period; and private US foundations after 1945.