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Secularism, Decolonisation, and the Cold War in South and Southeast Asia book cover

1st Edition

Secularism, Decolonisation, and the Cold War in South and Southeast Asia

By Clemens Six Copyright 2018
318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge
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The intensifying conflicts between religious communities in contemporary South and Southeast Asia signify the importance of gaining a clearer understanding of how societies have historically organised and mastered their religious diversity. Based on extensive archival research in Asia, Europe, and the United States, this book suggests a new approach to interpreting and explaining secularism... Read more

Introduction: secularism as historical practice



1. Traces of a transnational mindset: thinking secularism for the postcolonial era



2. Contesting urban space: places of worship, the secular state, and social disintegration in post-Partition Delhi



3. Prosecuting the ‘non-secular’: the conflict with the RSS in Delhi after Partition



4. Redefining secularism in the Cold War: Christian missionaries in Malaya’s New Villages, 1948-1960



5. (Anti-)secularism and social struggle: Christian and Islamic groups during the anti-communist mass murder in Indonesia, 1965-1966



6. Religion and secular education in Java, Singapore, and India



Conclusions



Bibliography

Biography

Clemens Six is Assistant Professor for contemporary global history at the Department of History, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His main research interests include religion and politics, the contemporary history of South and Southeast Asia, the history of North-South relations, and the global aid industry.

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