{"product_id":"secularism-how-india-reshaped-the-idea-paperback","title":"Secularism How India Reshaped the Idea - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNalini Rajan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecularism emerged in 17th-century Europe as an essential element of what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecame the modern state. The separation of church and state that it entailed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epaved the way for the democratic republics we take for granted today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTolerance, as understood in the West, was sought to be introduced as state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolicy by the British in India too. But our nationalist leaders understood their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecountry better than to adopt the concept without local adjustments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical philosopher Nalini Rajan examines the tension between religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efreedom and state intervention in India, a tension that comes with the idea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof 'principled' state intervention in matters of religion, as mandated by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstitution. Demands for reservations and separate electorates by minorities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the early twentieth century had essentially ruled out absolute state neutrality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein this respect. But it is only by analysing the fascinating debates on secularism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the Constituent Assembly (1946-49) that we see how and why the specific\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprovisions on minority rights-Articles 25 to 30-came to be adopted. These\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprovisions implicitly envisioned a key role for the judiciary. A full section of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis book is thus devoted to understanding the role that the courts have played\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein establishing, and just as importantly, defining Indian secularism-through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuch judgements as in the Shirur Mutt case of 1954, the Durgah Committee case of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1961, the Satsangi case of 1966, the Stanislaus case of 1977, the Shah Bano case\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof 1985, the so-called 'Hindutva' cases of 1996, the Vaishno Devi case of 1997, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Puttaswamy case of 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exhaustive monograph should be read by all those interested in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstanding how a distinctive secularism shaped modern India, and how the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elatter shaped our secularism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377592656179,"sku":"9789354476730","price":43.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/DWyjab7XXA9789354476730.webp?v=1779325947","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/secularism-how-india-reshaped-the-idea-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}