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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195640721
ISBN-139780195640724
eBay Product ID (ePID)1531384
Product Key Features
Book TitleModern Myths, Locked Minds : Secularism and Fundamentalism in India
Number of Pages338 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSociology / General, Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Social Science
AuthorT. N. Madan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight20.1 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-900357
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal201.3
Table Of Content1. Introduction; Scope, Concepts and Methods2. Sikh Religious Tradition: Meanings of Secularism3. Sikh Religious Tradition: Fundamentalism Old and New4. Islam in South Asia: From Orthodoxy to Fundamentalism5. Islam in South Asia: Quest for Pluralism6. THe Hindu Religious Tradition: Secularism as Pluralism7. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Revivalism and Fundamentalism8. The Crisis of Indian Secularism9. Epilogue10. Glossary11. References12. Index
SynopsisThis book explores the elements and ideas in Hinduism, Sikhism, and Indian Islam that seem to support the ideology of secularism or fundamentalism in the context of contemporary political crises., This is a book about the kinds of elements or ideas in Hinduism, Sikhism, and Indian Islam that may be seen to support the ideology of secularism or fundamentalism in the context of the contemporary political and ideological crises.