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The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Global Diversities
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This innovative edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis
of modern secularism across Asia which contests and expands
prevailing accounts that have predominantly focused on the West.
Its authors highlight that terms like 'secular', 'secularization',
and 'secularism' do not carry the same meanings in the very
different historical and cultural contexts of Asia. Critiquing
Charles Taylor's account of secularism, this book examines what
travelled and what not in 'the imperial encounter' between Western
secular modernity and other traditions outside of the West.
Throughout the book, state responses to religion at different
points in Chinese and South-East Asian history are carefully
considered, providing a nuanced and in-depth understanding of
post-secular strategies and relations in these areas. Particular
attention is given to Catholicism in the Philippines, Vietnam, and
Singapore, and Hinduism and Chinese religion in Malaysia,
Singapore, and India. This theoretically engaged work will appeal
to students and scholars of Asian studies, anthropology, religious
studies, history, sociology, and political science.
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