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Hurt Sentiments : Secularism and Belonging in South Asia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nair, Neeti.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and state--India--History.
- Religion and state.
- Religion and state--Pakistan--History.
- Religion and state--Bangladesh--History.
- Religious minorities--India--History.
- Religious minorities.
- Religious minorities--Pakistan--HIstory.
- Religious minorities--Bangladesh--History.
- Secularism--India--History.
- Secularism.
- Secularism--Pakistan--History.
- Secularism--Bangladesh--History.
- India--History--Partition, 1947.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Neeti Nair explores the trend toward legal protection for the religious "sentiments" of majorities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nair offers historical context for contemporary persecution and rising religious fundamentalism, and highlights how growing political solicitation of religious sentiments has fueled a secular resistance.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: After Partition
- 1 Gandhi’s Assassination, Godse’s Defense, and the Minority Question
- 2 “Hindu Hurt” and the Case for Secularism in India
- 3 Debating the “Islamic State” in Pakistan
- 4 Islam and the Secular in Bangladesh and Pakistan
- Epilogue: Secularism as Belonging
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nair, Neeti Hurt Sentiments
- ISBN:
- 9780674292871
- OCLC:
- 1369675102
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