Drawing together contributions from leading scholars from across the world Contesting Secularism analyses how secularism functions as a political doctrine in different national contexts put under pressure by globalisation. Through its inter-disciplinary and comparative approach,…
The theme of Eurosecularity is announced in an opening essay which introduces a comparison with the United States. The variations which follow each take a particular line of argument: contrasting histories, different intellectual traditions, institutional carriers and social dif…
The theme of Eurosecularity is announced in an opening essay which introduces a comparison with the United States. The variations which follow each take a particular line of argument: contrasting histories, different intellectual traditions, institutional carriers and social dif…
The contributors to this volume treat pluralism as a concept that is historically and ideologically produced or, put another way, as a doctrine that is embedded within a range of political, civic, and cultural institutions. Their critique considers how religious difference is fr…
The contributors to this volume treat pluralism as a concept that is historically and ideologically produced or, put another way, as a doctrine that is embedded within a range of political, civic, and cultural institutions. Their critique considers how religious difference is fr…
The contributors to this volume treat pluralism as a concept that is historically and ideologically produced or, put another way, as a doctrine that is embedded within a range of political, civic, and cultural institutions. Their critique considers how religious difference is fr…
Islam and politics in the Middle East -- Modernization and Islam in the Ottoman Empire -- The Caliphate question: historical and discursive context -- Secularization of politics and discourse in the Caliphal center (1908-1916) -- World War I, European colonialism and the Calipha…
