Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History, Criticism, & Surveys, Religious, Middle East Religions, Islam
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Author: Akeel Bilgrami ISBN: 9780674419650
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: April 21, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Akeel Bilgrami
ISBN: 9780674419650
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: April 21, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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