书目名称 | Secularism and Religion in Multi-faith Societies |
副标题 | The Case of India |
编辑 | Ragini Sen,Wolfgang Wagner,Caroline Howarth |
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概述 | Examines the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India as a case study of the issues of religion and secularism in multi-faith societies?.Raises issues that may help craft interdisciplinary and international fra |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Political Science |
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描述 | .This Brief looks at the illustrative case of the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India, with the aim of understanding the dynamics of lived secularism as it exists in traditional multi-faith societies such as India. The data analyzed in this Brief comprise many interviews, conducted amidst Hindus and Muslims, with respondents of both sexes living in slum and middle class regions in the city of Mumbai. The volume begins by giving a brief summary of the historical and cultural background to the present situation in India. It then traces complementarities and similarities of opinions across diverse constituencies which cluster around three main anchoring points: communication, re-presentations and operationalizing of a shared dream. The first point explores the need to understand and to be understood, encourages processes of mutual acculturation, and describes the sensitive decoding of cultural symbols such as dress codes. The second point discusses changes in mind sets and mutual perceptions, where Muslims and Islam are portrayed in a balanced way and exploitation of religion for political purposes is stopped. The third main point is the involvement of the common, regular person, and a foc |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | Hindu and Muslim conflict; Hindus in India; Muslims in India; ethnic conflict in India; religious confli |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01922-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-01921-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-01922-2Series ISSN 2191-5466 Series E-ISSN 2191-5474 |
issn_series | 2191-5466 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 |