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Secularism, Decolonisation, and the Cold War in South and Southeast Asia (Hardcover)
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Secularism, Decolonisation, and the Cold War in South and Southeast Asia (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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The intensifying conflicts between religious communities in
contemporary South and Southeast Asia signify the importance of
gaining a clearer understanding of how societies have historically
organised and mastered their religious diversity. Based on
extensive archival research in Asia, Europe, and the United States,
this book suggests a new approach to interpreting and explaining
secularism not as a Western concept but as a distinct form of
practice in 20th-century global history. In six case studies on the
contemporary history of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore,
it analyses secularism as a project to create a high degree of
distance between the state and religion during the era of
decolonisation and the emerging Cold War between 1945 and 1970. To
demonstrate the interplay between local and transnational dynamics,
the case studies look at patterns of urban planning, the struggle
against religious nationalism, conflicts around religious
education, and (anti-)communism as a dispute over secularism and
social reform. The book emphasises in particular the role of
non-state actors as key supporters of secular statehood - a role
that has thus far not received sufficient attention. A novel
approach to studying secularism in Asia, the book discusses the
different ways that global transformations such as decolonisation
and the Cold War interacted with local relations to reshape and
relocate religion in society. It will be of interest to scholars of
Religious Studies, International Relations and Politics, Studies of
Empire, Cold War Studies, Subaltern Studies, Modern Asian History,
and South and Southeast Asian Studies.
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