02685cam a22004098i 4500 22748126 OSt 20230921121557.0 220812s2022 enk b 001 0 eng 2022038091 9781009180290 (hardback) 9781009180306 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC pcc a-ii--- BL2765.I4 N37 2022 211.60954 NAT/S POL010000 bisacsh Nath, Sushmita, author. The secular imaginary : Gandhi, Nehru, and the idea(s) of India / Sushmita Nath. 2211 Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022. pages cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Given the popularity and success of the Hindu right in India's electoral politics today, how may one study ostensibly 'Western' concepts and ideas, such as the secular and its family of cognates, like secularism, secularisation and secularity, in non-Western societies without assuming them to be simply derivative or colonial legacies or contrast cases of Western societies? In other words, what is the discourse of secularity in modern India? While recognising that the dominant language of political modernity of Western societies is not easily translatable in non-Western societies, The Secular Imaginary elaborates upon an intellectual history of secularity in modern India by focusing on the two most influential political leaders - M. K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. It is an intellectual history of both idea(s) and intellectuals which sheds light on Indian narratives of secularity - the Gandhian sarva dharma samabhava, Nehruvian secularism and 'unity in diversity'. It revisits this dominant narrative of secularity of the twentieth century, which influenced and shaped the imagination of the modern nation-state"-- Provided by publisher. Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. Secularism India. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory bisacsh Online version: Nath, Sushmita. Secular imaginary Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781009180306 (DLC) 2022038092 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 211.60954 NAT/S 211.60954 NAT/S 0 0 ddc 0 0 RELIGION MES MES HIS 2023-09-21 1 211.60954 NAT/S 42542 2024-09-30 10:52:29 2024-09-25 1395.00 2023-09-21 BK GL42R1 42240 42240