Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment

by Akeel Bilgrami

Overview

In a rigorous exploration of how secularism and identity emerged as conflicting concepts in the modern world, Akeel Bilgrami elaborates a notion of secular enchantment with a view to finding in secular modernity a locus of meaning and value, while addressing squarely the anxiety that all such notions are exercises in nostalgia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674419650
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	04/21/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

Contents Preface Secularism 1. Secularism: Its Content and Context 2. Secularism, Multiculturalism, and the Very Concept of Law 3. Liberalism and the Academy Secular Enchantment 4. Gandhi, the Philosopher 5. Gandhi (and Marx) 6. The Political Possibilities of the Long Romantic Period Identity 7. What Is a Muslim? : Fundamental Commitment and Cultural Identity 8. Notes toward the Definition of Identity 9. After the Fatwah: Twenty Years of Controversy Reflections on Edward Said 10. Occidentalism, the Very Idea: An Essay on the Enlightenment, Enchantment, and the Mentality of Democracy 11. The Freedom of Beginnings 12. Edward Said: An Intellectual and Personal Tribute Notes Sources Author Index Subject Index