Post Independence Politics in India: An Overview
In: The Indian journal of politics, Volume 42, Issue 3-4, p. 57-67
ISSN: 0303-9951
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In: The Indian journal of politics, Volume 42, Issue 3-4, p. 57-67
ISSN: 0303-9951
In: New perspectives quarterly: NPQ, Volume 25, Issue 4, p. 17-29
ISSN: 1540-5842
The resurgence of political Islam and the endurance of broad religious belief in the most modern of societies—America—has created a crisis of faith among secularists. If modernity no longer implies a secular outlook, and secularism, by definition, cannot generate any values beyond an indifferent tolerance of all belief, what role will religion play in the 21st century?In an interesting confluence of reflection, Jürgen Habermas, one of Europe's leading secular liberal thinkers, argues that secular citizens must be open to religious influence, especially since the very identity of Western culture is rooted in Judeo‐Christian values. In his political afterlife, Tony Blair has converted to Catholicism and established a Faith Foundation to press for religious literacy because "you can't understand the modern world unless you understand the importance of religious faith."Similarly, when Pope Benedict XVI visited secular France in September, President Nicholas Sarkozy scandalized the lay establishment by saying, like Habermas, that "rejecting a dialogue with religion would be a cultural and intellectual error." He called for "a positive secularism that debates, respects and includes, not a secularism that rejects."Despite the flurry of controversy over a recent spate of books extolling the virtues of atheism in the wake of Islamist terrorism, the more interesting issue by far is the emergence of post‐secular modernity.
In: New political science: a journal of politics & culture, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 119-121
ISSN: 0739-3148
In: Local government studies, Volume 34, Issue 3, p. 419-428
ISSN: 0300-3930
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In: Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 4, p. 164-168
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In: Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Small States, p. 165-206
In: Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli: QCR : pubblicazione trimestrale, Volume 28, Issue 100, p. 39-46
ISSN: 1123-9700
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Volume 86, Issue 4, p. 1129-1132
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Refugee survey quarterly: reports, documentation, literature survey, Volume 27, Issue 4, p. 164-169
ISSN: 1020-4067
In: Thesis eleven: critical theory and historical sociology, Issue 92, p. 87-107
ISSN: 0725-5136
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Volume 59, Issue 1, p. 114-132
ISSN: 1884-2755
In: Ethnicities, Volume 8, Issue 1, p. 5-41
When the journal Ethnicities was launched in 2001, the first issue included an article by this author, which examined the politics of `race' and identity as central ingredients in the Rwanda genocide of 1994. This current article considers how political identities have been reconstructed since the genocide, especially from above. History, law and politics are examined, as central instruments in government efforts to construct a new Rwandan society and ensure that genocide will `never again' be possible. Evidence suggests that inequalities in income and land distribution have grown rapidly since 1994. At the same time, the poor and marginalized often find it difficult to openly express their views, including their political identities outside of officially circumscribed spaces and categories. Debates continue around numbers of victims and perpetrators, and new inter-elite conflicts have emerged along language lines. The article shows how race categories have been replaced with new terms, which arise from a particular reading of the genocide. A new foundation myth for Rwanda, a form of diasporic victim nationalism, is also briefly explored. Re-labelling Rwandans from above, the state continues to exercise tight control over the public expression of political identities. Open political debate is very difficult; the government frequently feels it is being attacked, and accuses critics of divisionism or harbouring a genocide mentality. If more inclusive forms of Rwandan-ness are to emerge in future, state controls will need to be relaxed, so that more complex forms of political identities can finally emerge.
In: Eastern economic journal: EEJ, Volume 34, Issue 1, p. 131-133
ISSN: 1939-4632