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Rethinking Pluralism Secularism and Tolerance: Anxieties of Coexistence

by Neera Chandhoke
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9788126939008
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
  • Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 240
  • Original Price: INR 995.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 430 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Political Process / General

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.

Neera Chandhoke is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Equity Studies Delhi. She held a professorship in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. She has published multiple books on civil society and is a regular contributor to academic journals and newspapers. Her latest publications include We, The People, and Our Constitution (2023) and Violence in Our Bones (2020).

  • Foreword by M. Hamid Ansari ix
  • Preface xi
  • 1. Pluralism and Secularism 1
  • 2. The Political Context: Communalism 19
  • 3. Secularism: The Debate 57
  • 4. Colonialism, Nationalism and the Making of Religious Identity 75
  • 5. The Evolution of Minority Rights and Secularism in India 111
  • 6. Equality and the Rights of Minorities 134
  • 7. The Principle of Tolerance 155
  • 8. Wrapping Up 194
  • References 216
  • Index 222
  • About the Author 224

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