History and Fiction in Secular Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12458209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nermeen Mouftah (0000-0002-1406-4262, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 451-456 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1089-201X • E-ISSN: 1548-226X |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/1089201x-6982202 |
| OpenAlex | W2895481227 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
In Religious Difference in a Secular Age (2016), Saba Mahmood calls into question one of secularism’s greatest boasts—that it makes possible pluralistic societies that protect the rights of religious minorities. Rather than bolstering neutrality toward religion, she demonstrates how secularism instead creates and exacerbates interreligious conflicts. As Nermeen Mouftah discusses in this essay, to accomplish this, Mahmood probes reckonings with and representations of history. Indeed, history is the scaffolding for two distinct forms of the secular
Neutrality · Political science · Politics · Secular education · Secular state · Secularism · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Studies
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| Highly cited | No |
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