Asia and the Secular: Francophone Perspectives in a Global Age

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Asia and the Secular

Francophone Perspectives in a Global Age

Edited by: Pascal Bourdeaux , Eddy Dufourmont , André Laliberté and Rémy Madinier

Volume 10 in the series Religion and Its Others

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733068

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About this book

This volume looks at the secular state in the context of contemporary Asia and investigates whether there existed before modernity antecedents to the condition of secularity, understood as the differentiation of the sphere of the religious from other spheres of social life. The chapters presented in this book examine this issue in national contexts by looking at the historical formation of lexicons that defined the "secular", the "secular state," and "secularism". This approach requires paying attention to modern vernacular languages and their precedents in written traditions with often a very long tradition. This book presents three interpretive frameworks: multiple modernities, variety of secularisms, and typologies of post-colonial secular states.

Author / Editor information

P. Bourdeaux, EPHE, E. Dufourmont, Université de Bordeaux-Montaigne, A. Laliberté, University of Ottawa and R. Madinier, CASE.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Asian Secularism from Words to Concepts and Practices André Laliberté, Pascal Bourdeaux, Eddy Dufourmont and Rémy Madinier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Entangled Multiple Modernities and the Variety of Secular States André Laliberté Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Laicity, Secularism, Secularization(s): A Few Hypotheses Jean Baubérot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Secularism in Asia Peter van der Veer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Pancasila in Indonesia a “Religious Laicity” Under Attack? Rémy Madinier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Religion, Secularization, and Counter-Secularization in Bali Michel Picard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
States, Religions and Modernities for one Nation: Historicizing a Converging Secularization in Twentieth Century Vietnam Pascal Bourdeaux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Indian Secularism: an Original Accommodation of Religious Plurality Endangered from Within? Aminah Mohammad-Arif Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
The Imperial “Civil Religion” and seikyō bunri: The Historical Process of Secularization in Modern Japan, from the Perspective of “Confucianism” (1868–1945) Eddy Dufourmont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chinese Interpretations of French Secularism in the Early Twentieth Century Ji Zhe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
‘Religion’ as an Issue in Political Transition: Two Competing Secularities in Buddhist Burma (Myanmar) Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
A Twisted Secularity. Anti-Religious Ideology vs Secularity and Secularization in Twentieth Century Mongolia Marie-Dominique Even Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of history, Asian studies, religious studies, political science, sociology
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 247
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Laïcité; colonial encounter; Asian religions; Asian modernities

eBook

Published: September 20, 2022
ISBN: 9783110733068

Hardcover

Published: September 20, 2022
ISBN: 9783110738001

Paperback

Planned Publication: August 14, 2024
ISBN: 9783111523606