Bilgrami, Akeel, 1950-

Secularism, identity, and enchantment / Akeel Bilgrami. - 1 online resource (xiii, 397 pages) - Convergences: inventories of the present . - Convergences (Cambridge, Mass.) .

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.

9780674419643 (electronic bk.) 0674419642 (electronic bk.)


Secularism.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Political science--Philosophy.
RELIGION / Agnosticism


Electronic books.

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