Indian Society and the Secular: Essays

Thapar, Romila

Indian Society and the Secular: Essays - Gurgaon Three Essays Collective 2016 - 285p

Introduction
The Role of Religion in Political Conflicts

Part I: Secularism and Secularisation
Indian Society and the Secular
Redefining the Secular Mode for India
Is Secularism Alien to Indian Civilisation?
History Interpretations and the Secularising of Indian Society
Understanding Secularism

Part II: Historical Perspectives
Contemporary Political and the Rewriting of History in India
Communalism and the Historical Legacy: Some Facets
Can Genetics help us to Understand Indian Social History?
Rethinking the Concept of Civilisation as History

Part III: Religion and Contemporary Politics
The Politics of Religious Communities Justice in Gujarat
Past as Present and the Present as Past

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Secularism - India - History
Religion and Politics
Communalism

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