Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Secularism -- Secularism: its content and context -- Secularism and the very concept of law -- Liberalism and the academy -- Secular enchantment -- Gandhi, the philosopher -- Gandhi (and Marx) -- The political possibilities of the long romantic period -- Identity -- What is a Muslim? fundamental commitment and cultural identity -- Notes toward the definition of identity -- After the Fatwah: twenty years of controversy -- Reflections on Edward Said -- Occidentalism, the very idea: an essay on the enlightenment, enchantment, and the democratic mentality -- The freedom of beginnings -- Edward said: an intellectual and personal tribute.

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