Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History, Criticism, & Surveys, Religious, Middle East Religions, Islam
| 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.
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.
