Rethinking Pluralism, Secularism and Tolerance

Anxieties of Coexistence
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-93-5328-198-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 444 g

How can people who speak different languages, worship different gods and subscribe to different conceptions of the good live together with a degree of civility, dignity and mutual respect? It is not easy to find an answer to this troubled question, given recent political developments in many parts of the world. Today, the world is marked by extreme intolerance towards racial, sexual, religious and ethnic minorities and refugees. It is stamped with the disturbing consequences of religious strife. In these troubled times, Rethinking Pluralism, Secularism and Tolerance: Anxieties of Coexistence takes on the difficult task of finding an answer to the question by analyzing and reinterpreting the concepts of secularism, pluralism and tolerance in the context of contemporary India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chandhoke, Neera

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by M. Hamid Ansari
Preface
Pluralism and Secularism
The Political Context: Communalism
Secularism: The Debate
Colonialism, Nationalism and the Making of Religious Identity
The Evolution of Minority Rights and Secularism in India
Equality and the Rights of Minorities
The Principle of Tolerance
Wrapping Up
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chandhoke, Neera
Neera Chandhoke held a professorship in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. She has been a visiting fellow at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; Justitia Amplificata, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; Centre for Ethics and Global Politics, Luiss University, Rome, Italy; and Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom. She was awarded the Gaetano Mosca Fellowship at the University of Turin, Torino, Italy. She has been a Jawaharlal Nehru National Fellow, and a fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi. She has published on civil society—Democracy and Revolutionary Politics; Contested Secessions: Self-Determination, Democracy and Kashmir; Beyond Secularism: The Rights of Religious Minorities and State and Civil Society: Explorations in Political Theory—and is a regular contributor to academic journals and newspapers. Her interests include reading particularly detective novels, listening to music and watching films.