A history of global secularism and political feeling through
colonial blasphemy law. Why is religion today so often associated
with giving and taking offense? To answer this question, Slandering
the Sacred invites us to consider how colonial infrastructures
shaped our globalized world. Through the origin and afterlives of a
1927 British imperial law (Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code),
J. Barton Scott weaves a globe-trotting narrative about secularism,
empire, insult, and outrage. Decentering white martyrs to free
thought, his story calls for new histories of blasphemy that return
these thinkers to their imperial context, dismantle the cultural
boundaries of the West, and transgress the borders between the
secular and the sacred as well as the public and the private.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Class 200: New Studies in Religion |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
J Barton Scott
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-82488-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-82488-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780226824888 |
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