{"product_id":"9781474269223","title":"Confronting Secularism in Europe and India Legitimacy and Disenchantment in Contemporary Times","description":"\u003ch1\u003eConfronting Secularism in Europe and India\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLegitimacy and Disenchantment in Contemporary Times\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrian Black | Gavin Hyman | Graham M. Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan secularism continue to provide a foundation for political legitimacy? It is often claimed that one of the cultural achievements of the West has been its establishment of secular democracy, wherein religious belief is respected but confined to the sphere of private belief. In more recent times, however, political secularism has been increasingly called into question. Religious believers, in numerous traditions, have protested against the distortion and confinement that secularism imposes on their faith. Others have become uneasily aware of the way in which secularism no longer commands universal assent in the way it once did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfronting Secularism in Europe and India \u003c\/i\u003eadds to this debate by staging a creative encounter between European and Indian conceptions of secularism with a view to continuing new and distinctive trajectories of thought about the place and role of secularism in contemporary times. Looking at political secularism, the relationship between secularism and religion, and religious and secular violence, this book considers whether there are viable alternatives to secularism in Europe and in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Black\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Lancaster, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Character of the Self in Ancient India\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGavin Hyman \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at the University of Lancaster, UK.  He has published widely in contemporary philosophy and religious thought, and his most recent book is \u003ci\u003eTraversing the Middle: Ethics, Politics, Religion \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGraham M. Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Leeds, UK.  He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFriendship and the Political: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Schmitt \u003c\/i\u003e(2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 December 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474269223\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331630563468,"sku":"9781474269223","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b2e62edd-909d-4703-b96e-b31f81beaa6f.jpg?v=1783597931","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474269223","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}