{"product_id":"slandering-the-sacred-blasphemy-law-and-the-shaping-of-indian-secularism-9788178246727","title":"Slandering the Sacred: Blasphemy Law and the Shaping of Indian Secularism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. Barton Scott\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-first century India, “religious sentiments” are often in the news. Bollywood films are said to wound them. So are tweets, political cartoons, Netflix shows, stand-up comedy routines, and scholarly books. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of these controversies hinge on the interpretation of a single law:\u003cbr\u003e section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, concerning insults intended to outrage “religious feelings.” \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlandering the Sacred\u003c\/em\u003e explores the cultural, intellectual, and legal pre-history of this law, moving between colonial India and imperial Britain, as well as between secular law and modern religion. It shows us how the history of law and religion is intricately connected to an idea of the intimate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat this book provides is an unexpected history which anchors a much larger inquiry into secularism and empire, insult and affect, outrage and free speech. In the words of one reviewer, “J. Barton Scott has written a book as witty as it is scholarly. \u003cem\u003eSlandering the Sacred\u003c\/em\u003e is an enthralling and colourful history of a law, a page-turner about a penal code.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616494903447,"sku":"9788178246727","price":570.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788178246727.webp?v=1769294943","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/slandering-the-sacred-blasphemy-law-and-the-shaping-of-indian-secularism-9788178246727","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}