Hurt Sentiments : : Secularism and Belonging in South Asia / / Neeti Nair.
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 h...
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Nair, Neeti, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Hurt Sentiments : Secularism and Belonging in South Asia / Neeti Nair. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (240 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: After Partition -- 1 Gandhi’s Assassination, Godse’s Defense, and the Minority Question -- 2 “Hindu Hurt” and the Case for Secularism in India -- 3 Debating the “Islamic State” in Pakistan -- 4 Islam and the Secular in Bangladesh and Pakistan -- Epilogue: Secularism as Belonging -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State. bisacsh 1971 war. RSS. bengali. blasphemy. constituent assembly. gandhi assassination. indian penal code. indira. ipc. jana sangh. jinnah. mujibur rahman. nathuram godse. nationalism. nehru. objectives resolution. punjab. savarkar. six points. the emergency. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2023 English 9783111319254 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2023 9783111318677 ZDB-23-PLW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783110749700 print 9780674238275 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674292871?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674292871 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674292871/original |
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