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The promise of India's secular democracy

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  • "This collection of essays is the most admirable analysis of the trajectory of secularism in post-independence India, from the project of the founding fathers to the challenges posed by Hindu nationalism and the hope for rejuvenation. At the crossroads of history, philosophy, and political sociology, it deals with issues which are not relevant in India only, but topical in most of [the] societies where multiculturalism is at stake--Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow, CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS."
  • "In this collection of rigorously argued essays, the author offers a sustained normative argument in its favour. He tells us what precisely this morally complex vision is. Bhargava shows that our collective practices and the actions of even those who frequently oppose them, depend upon secular, liberal, and democratic values. He provides an original theory of political secularism and a new perspective on minority rights, collective memory, the relationship between liberal values and collective goals, the importance of political inclusion, and cultural and academic freedom."
  • "In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, India developed a potentially inclusive, contextually sensitive secular-democratic vision of collective emancipation. This vision is secular because it opposes domination within and between religions, and democratic because it fosters equality of status and political equality. Beset over the years both by extreme Right and Left, this vision has survived into the twenty-first century. But Bhargava believes that it cannot flourish unless values underpinning it are continuously scrutinized, perspicuously articulated, and forecefully defended by arguments."
  • "This book pioneers a conceptual and normative account of Indian politics. It will interest social scientists, political theorists, historians, and philosophers. Scholars, students, teachers, and intelligent readers in both non-western and western societies must read it. --Book Jacket."

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