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Asia and the Secular

Francophone Perspectives in a Global Age

André Laliberté editor Rémy Madinier editor Pascal Bourdeaux editor Eddy Dufourmont editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:20th Sep '22

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This volume looks at the secular state in the context of contemporary Asia and investigates whether there existed before modernity antecedents to the condition of secularity, understood as the differentiation of the sphere of the religious from other spheres of social life. The chapters presented in this book examine this issue in national contexts by looking at the historical formation of lexicons that defined the "secular", the "secular state," and "secularism". This approach requires paying attention to modern vernacular languages and their precedents in written traditions with often a very long tradition. This book presents three interpretive frameworks: multiple modernities, variety of secularisms, and typologies of post-colonial secular states.

ISBN: 9783110738001

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 493g

253 pages