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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewNegotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism significantly contributes to comparative politics, history, sociology of religion, and religious studies. It is a candidate to become a reference book for those who study religion and politics in Turkey, Southeast Asia, and beyond. * Ramazan Kılınc, Journal of Church and State *
A must read for students and experts in political science, law, sociology and history, or anyone interested in issues related to democracy and religion—this historically-grounded collection offers a crucial corrective to conventional theories and provides highly original perspectives on one of the most complicated and timely questions of our era: how to establish and maintain democratic government under conditions of religious heterogeneity. * Hanna Lerner, Tel Aviv University *
This collection of fifteen essays probes the relationship of secularism, religion, and majoritarian power, highlighting the internal heterogeneities and unevenness of experiences of citizens. Grounding the work of democracy historically, this volume evocatively argues that perilous democracy is the reality of India, Pakistan, and Turkey. * Yasmin Saikia, Professor of History and Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies, Arizona State University *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Karen Barkey, University of California - Berkeley; Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University; and Vatsal Naresh, Yale University Section I: Historical perspectives Chapter 1: Islam, Modernity, and the Question of Religious Heterodoxy: From Early Modern Empires to Modern Nation-States Sadia Saeed, University of San Francisco Chapter 2: Liberalism and the Path to Treason in the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923 Christine Philliou, University of California-Berkeley Chapter 3: Fatal Love: Intimacy and Interest in Indian Political Thought Faisal Devji, University of Oxford Chapter 4: Conflict, Secularism, and Toleration Uday Singh Mehta, City University of New York Chapter 5: Representative Democracy and Religious Thought in South Asia: Abul A'la Maududi and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Humeira Iqtidar, King's College London Section II: Genealogies of state and religion Chapter 6: Religious Pluralism and the State in India: Towards a Typology Rochana Bajpai, SOAS, University of London Chapter 7: Is Turkey a Postsecular Society? Secular Differentiation, Committed Pluralism, and Complementary Learning in Contemporary Turkey Ates Altinordu, Sabanci University Chapter 8: The Meaning of Religious Freedom: From Ireland and India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Matthew J. Nelson, SOAS, University of London Chapter 9: The Limits of Pluralism: A Perspective on Religious Freedom in Indian Constitutional Law Mathew John, Jindal Global Law School Chapter 10: Plurality and Pluralism: Democracy, Religious Difference and Political Imagination Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University Section III: Violence and domination Chapter 11: Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws vs. Religious Freedom Fatima Bokhari, Musawi Chapter 12: Modalities of Violence: Lessons from Hindu Nationalist India Amrita Basu, Amherst College Chapter 13: Legal Contention and Minorities in Turkey: The Case of the Kurds and Alevis Senem Aslan, Bates College Chapter 14: "Stranger, Enemy": Anti-Shia Hostility and Annihilatory Politics in Pakistan Nosheen Ali, New York University Chapter 15: Thinking through Majoritarian Domination in Turkey and India Karen Barkey, University of California - Berkeley; and Vatsal Naresh, Yale University
