{"product_id":"secular-states-religious-politics-9781108454865","title":"Secular States Religious Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pioneering comparative study of the two major attempts to build secular states - where the state''s constitutional identity and fundamental character are not based on or derived from any religious faith - in the non-Western world. This book explains the origins, evolution and latterly the decline of secularism as a core principle of the state in India and Turkey. The anti-secular political transformations of the twenty-first century are the rise of a Sunni-Islamist definition of Turkish national identity to hegemonic power, and Hindu nationalism as India''s pre-eminent political force. Both secular-state models adopted a similar operational doctrine of state intervention in and regulation of the religious sphere, rather than a Western-style separation of church and state. But, Turkish state-secularism took a culturally deracinated and harshly authoritarian form that led to its failure, whereas India''s secular state - though flawed in practice - followed a culturally rooted and democ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book shows why secular politics consistently fails to deliver on its promises.' Nick Spencer, The Tablet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; 1. The discontents of secularism; 2. Paths to the secular state; 3. Paradoxes of the secular state; 4. India: the anti-secularist ascendancy; 5. Turkey: the anti-secularist triumph; 6. Secular and anti-secular authoritarianisms: i. The case of Kemalism ii. The case of Hindu-nationalism; 7. The futures of secularism; Bibliography; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53186762998103,"sku":"9781108454865","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/secular-states-religious-politics-9781108454865","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}