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Beyond the Secular West
Bilgrami, Akeel, Ed.
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Description for Beyond the Secular West
Hardback. Editor(s): Bilgrami, Akeel. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
What is the character of secularism in countries that were not pervaded by Christianity, such as China, India, and the nations of the Middle East? To what extent is the secular an imposition of colonial rule? How does secularism comport with local religious cultures in Africa, and how does it work with local forms of power and governance in Latin America? Has modern secularism evolved organically, or is it even necessary, and has it always meant progress? A vital extension of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, in which he exhaustively chronicled the emergence of secularism in Latin Christendom, this anthology ... Read more
What is the character of secularism in countries that were not pervaded by Christianity, such as China, India, and the nations of the Middle East? To what extent is the secular an imposition of colonial rule? How does secularism comport with local religious cultures in Africa, and how does it work with local forms of power and governance in Latin America? Has modern secularism evolved organically, or is it even necessary, and has it always meant progress? A vital extension of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, in which he exhaustively chronicled the emergence of secularism in Latin Christendom, this anthology ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Religion, Culture and Public Life
Condition
New
Weight
530g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231170802
SKU
V9780231170802
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About Bilgrami, Akeel, Ed.
Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy and a professor on the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. His books include Who's Afraid of Academic Freedom? (Columbia University Press, 2014); Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment (2014); Self-Knowledge and Resentment (2012); and Belief and Meaning (1995).
Reviews for Beyond the Secular West
In counterpoint to Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, a stellar list of contributors offer a diverse range of critical perspectives exploring the ways in which the secular and secularism are translated and transformed as they travel beyond Latin Christendom: from China to India, from the Mexican Revolution to Sufi brotherhoods in Senegal. There is no comparable collection, as challenging and ... Read more