Confessions of a secular fundamentalist
Aiyar, Mani Shankar
Confessions of a secular fundamentalist - New Delhi Penguin Books 2006 - xix,290p.
CONTENTS Author's Note ix Prologue: A Conversation with Arun Shourie xi 1. Secularism: An Overview 1 2. The Ideological Dimension 17 3. The Historical Dimension 38 4. The Constitutional and Legal Dimensions 86 5. Secularism in a Time of Communal Activism 127 6. Secularism and the Indian Religious Minorities 178 7. The External Dimension 204 8. In Conclusion: Why I am a Secular Fundamentalist 243 Appendix: Secular Answers to Communal Questions-A Catechism for Communalists 254 Notes 272 References 279 Index 283
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Confessions of a secular fundamentalist - New Delhi Penguin Books 2006 - xix,290p.
CONTENTS Author's Note ix Prologue: A Conversation with Arun Shourie xi 1. Secularism: An Overview 1 2. The Ideological Dimension 17 3. The Historical Dimension 38 4. The Constitutional and Legal Dimensions 86 5. Secularism in a Time of Communal Activism 127 6. Secularism and the Indian Religious Minorities 178 7. The External Dimension 204 8. In Conclusion: Why I am a Secular Fundamentalist 243 Appendix: Secular Answers to Communal Questions-A Catechism for Communalists 254 Notes 272 References 279 Index 283
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