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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Siam-Heng, Michael Heng.

Liew, Ten Chin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism--Asia.

Secularism.

Secularism--Political aspects.

Asia--Politics and government.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Preface; Contents; List of Contributors.; Chapter 1: An East Asian Perspective on Religion and Secularism Prasenjit Duara; Chapter 2: Secularism and Its Limits Ten Chin Liew; Chapter 3: The Secular State and Its Challenges Michael Heng Siam-Heng; Chapter 4: Rawlsian Liberalism, Secularism, and the Call for Cosmopolitanism Saranindranath Tagore; Chapter 5: The Machiavellian Problem and Liberal Secularism Benjamin Wong; Chapter 6: Secularism, Critical Conviction and the 21st Century Project of the European Union: Some Thoughts from Asia Barnard Turner

Chapter 7: Secular Religiosity in Chinese Politics: A Confucian Perspective Tan Sor HoonChapter 8: State and Secularism, the French Laïcité System. Anne-Cécile Robert and Henri Peña-Ruiz; Chapter 9: Secularism and the Constitution: Striking the Right Balance Kevin Y. L. Tan; Chapter 10: Secularism and Vaidic Worldview Swami Agnivesh; Chapter 11: Secularism in India - A Minority Perspective Asghar Ali Engineer; Chapter 12: The Pakistan Islamic State Project: A Secular Critique Ishtiaq Ahmed; Chapter 13: State and Secularism in Bangladesh. Habibul Haque Khondker

Chapter 14: The State, Egyptian Intellectuals, Intolerance and Religious Discourse Mona AbazaChapter 15: Perda, Fatwa and the Challenge to Secular Citizenship in Indonesia Robertus Robet; Chapter 16: Malaysia: Multicultural Society, Islamic State, or What? Johan Saravanamuttu; Chapter 17: Religious Revival and the Emerging Secularism in China Zhao Litao; Chapter 18: State and Religion in Turkey: Which Secularism? Recep ̧Sentürk; Chapter 19: Pragmatic Secularism, Civil Religion, and Political Legitimacy in Singapore Kenneth Paul Tan; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612761379

9781282761377

1282761374

9789814282383

9814282383

OCLC:

671655036