{"product_id":"secularism-communalism-and-the-intellectuals","title":"Secularism, Communalism and the Intellectuals","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eThese essays focus on the role of fashionable critiques and smug dismissals of secularism and modernity, and the unqualified defense of so-called indigenous traditions in providing intellectual support for the discourse of Hindutva. Zaheer Baber???s stern indictment of anti-secular intellectuals should promote a revival of genuine Indian sociology rather than their unimaginative Indology. Baber takes T.N. Madan, Ashis Nandy and Veena Das to task, he offers us a theory of communalism, and he advises us to consider a comparative ???race??? framework for the oppressions meted out to the socially suppressed within India: all this in a very short, readable and insightful book. Vijay Prashad About The Author: Zaheer Baber is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization and Colonial Rule in India (1996) and editor of CyberAsia: The Internet and Society in Asia (2005). He has published papers in a number of journals such as The British Journal of Sociology and is a frequent contributor to the Times Literary Supplement. Table of Contents 1. Secularism, Anti-Secularism and ???Theoretical Bubble-Blowing??? 2. Hindutva and the Mainstreaming of Bigotry 3. The ???Racialization??? of Communal Identity and Conflict in India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Three Essays Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43348895694883,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3607\/9395\/files\/61QdpgllbTL._SY522.jpg?v=1783768146","url":"https:\/\/champaca.in\/products\/secularism-communalism-and-the-intellectuals","provider":"Champaca Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}