Hurt Sentiments - Secularism and Belonging in South Asia

Neeti Nair explores the trend toward legal protection for the religious "sentiments" of majorities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nair offers historical context for contemporary persecution and rising religious fundamentalism, and highlights how growing political solicitation of religious sentiments has fueled a secular resistance.

About the author

Neeti Nair is the author of Changing Homelands: Hindu Politics and the Partition of India and coeditor of Ghosts from the Past? Assessing Recent Developments in Religious Freedom in South Asia. Professor of History at the University of Virginia, she has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Summary

Neeti Nair explores the trend toward legal protection for the religious “sentiments” of majorities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nair offers historical context for contemporary persecution and rising religious fundamentalism, and highlights how growing political solicitation of religious sentiments has fueled a secular resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Neeti Nair
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9780674238275
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23827-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Religion & politics, Hinduism, Asian History, Religion and Politics, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / Asia / South / General