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Akeel Bilgrami Bilgrami
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Columbia University Press
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March 2016
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Akeel Bilgrami Bilgrami
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Hardback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published
March 2016
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Beyond the Secular West
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What is the character of secularism in countries that were not pervaded by Christianity, such as China, India, and the nations of the Middle East? To what extent is the secular an imposition of colonial rule? Has modern secularism evolved organically, or is it even necessary, and has it always meant progress? How does secularism comport with local religious cultures in Africa, and how does it work with local forms of power and governance in Latin America? A vital extension of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, in which he exhaustively chronicled the emergence of secularism in Latin Christendom, this anthology applies Taylor's findings to secularism's global migration. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Nacim, Rajeev Bhargava, Akeel Bilgrami, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Sudipta Kaviraj, Claudio Lomnitz, Alfred Stepan, Charles Taylor, and Peter van der Veer each explore the transformation of Western secularism beyond Europe, and the collection closes with Taylor's response to each essay. What began as a modern reaction to--as well as a stubborn extension of--Latin Christendom has become a complex export shaped by the world's religious and political systems.
Brilliantly alternating between intellectual and methodological approaches, the volume fosters a greater engagement with this phenomenon across disciplines.
Author
Akeel Bilgrami Bilgrami
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published
March 2016
Weight
523g
Page Count
304
Dimensions
155 x 232 x 26 mm
ISBN
9780231170802
ISBN-10
0231170807
Eden Code
4367751
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Author/Creator: Akeel Bilgrami Bilgrami
ISBN: 9780231170802
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date: March 2016
Weight: 523g
Dimensions: 155 x 232 x 26 mm
Eden Code: 4367751