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Hurt Sentiments - Secularism and Belonging in South Asia (Hardcover)
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Hurt Sentiments - Secularism and Belonging in South Asia (Hardcover)
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An insightful history of censorship, hate speech, and
majoritarianism in post-partition South Asia. At the time of the
India-Pakistan partition in 1947, it was widely expected that India
would be secular, home to members of different religious traditions
and communities, whereas Pakistan would be a homeland for Muslims
and an Islamic state. Seventy-five years later, India is on the
precipice of declaring itself a Hindu state, and Pakistan has drawn
ever narrower interpretations of what it means to be an Islamic
republic. Bangladesh, the former eastern wing of Pakistan, has
swung between professing secularism and Islam. Neeti Nair assesses
landmark debates since partition—debates over the constitutional
status of religious minorities and the meanings of secularism and
Islam that have evolved to meet the demands of populist electoral
majorities. She crosses political and territorial boundaries to
bring together cases of censorship in India, Pakistan, and
Bangladesh, each involving claims of “hurt sentiments” on the
part of individuals and religious communities. Such cases, while
debated in the subcontinent’s courts and parliaments, are
increasingly decided on its streets in acts of vigilantism. Hurt
Sentiments offers historical context to illuminate how claims of
hurt religious sentiments have been weaponized by majorities.
Disputes over hate speech and censorship, Nair argues, have
materially influenced questions of minority representation and
belonging that partition was supposed to have resolved. Meanwhile,
growing legal recognition and political solicitation of religious
sentiments have fueled a secular resistance.
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