Indian Secularism: A Social and Intellectual History 1890-1950

Secularism has been the subject of much debate. Scholars have argued that recent Hindu nationalism is the symptom of a crisis of Indian secularism and have blamed this on a resurgence of religion or communalism. Shabnum Tejani argues here for a more complex and historically informed understanding. Her book is a history of how the idea of secularism emerged in India. This book will interest all students of Indian democracy, politics, and history, as well as of political philosophy and the sociology of caste.