State and secularism : perspectives from Asia / editors, Michael Heng Siam-Heng, Ten Chin Liew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heng, Michael S. H., 1948-

Ten, C. L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism--Asia.

Secularism.

Secularism--Political aspects--Asia.

Islam and secularism--Asia.

Islam and secularism.

Secularism--Political aspects.

Asia.

Physical Description:

x, 364 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Hackensack] New Jersey : World Scientific, [2010]

Summary:

The concept of a secular state is important in many parts of Asia and how this is resolved has important implications for the social, economic and political development of various Asian countries. Unfortunately, problems of the secular state have all along been studied based on the historical experience of state formation in Europe, with little (or no) input from the Asian perspective. This book will for the very first time, present mainly Asian perspectives, while drawing on Western experience as well. Conceptual issues are discussed together with detailed accounts on how different countries and traditions understand and seek to implement the ideas of a secular state. Book jacket.

Contents:

An East Asian perspective on religion and secularism / Prasenjit Duara

Secularism and its limits / Ten Chin Liew

The secular state and its challenges / Michael Heng Siam-Heng)

Rawlsian liberalism, secularism, and the call for cosmopolitanism / Saranindranath Tagore

The Machiavellian problem and liberal secularism / Benjamin Wong

Secularism, critical conviction and the 21st century project of the European Union: some thoughts from Asia / Barnard Turner

Secular religiosity in Chinese politics: a Confucian perspective / Tan Sor Hoon

State and secularism: the French Laïcité system / Anne-Cécile Robert, Henri Pen̋a-Ruiz

Secularism and the constitution: striking the right balance / Kevin Y. L. Tan

Secularism and Vaidic worldview / Swami Agnivesh

Secularism in India

a minority perspective / Aasghar Ali Engineer

The Pakistan state project: a secular critique / Ishtiaq Ahmed

State and secularism in Bangladesh / Habibul Haque Khondker

The state, Egyptian intellectuals, intolerance and religious discourse / Mona Abaza

Perda, fatwa and the challenge to secular citizenship in Indonesia / Robertus Robet

Malaysia: multicultural society, Islamic state, or what? / Johan Saravanamuttu

Religious revival and the emerging secularism in China / Zhao Litao

State and religion in Turkey: which secularism? / Recep Şentürk

Pragmatic secularism, civil religion, and political legitimacy in Singapore / Kenneth Paul Tan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814282376

9814282375

OCLC:

519212857