Total Atheism : : Secular Activism and the Politics of Difference in South India / / Stefan Binder.

Exploring lived atheism in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, this book offers a unique insight into India’s rapidly transforming multi-religious society. It explores the social, cultural, and aesthetic challenges faced by a movement of secular activists in their endeavors to e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Methodology & History in Anthropology ; 38
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Physical Description:1 online resource (290 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON TRANSLATION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 MENTAL REVOLUTION: BECOMING AN ATHEIST IN WORD AND DEED
  • Chapter 2 PROFESSIONS: NARRATIVES OF EMINENT MASCULINITY
  • Chapter 3 PROPAGATION: ENACTING ATHEISM IN ORATORY AND DEBATE
  • Chapter 4 PROGRAMS (1) ERADICATING SUPERSTITION THROUGH MAGIC
  • Chapter 5 PROGRAMS (2) HUMANISM AND THE UNMAKING OF CASTE
  • Chapter 6 A WAY OF LIFE: MARRIAGE AND THE GENDER OF ATHEISM
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX