{"product_id":"secularism-identity-and-enchantment-9780674052048","title":"Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing clarity to a subject clouded by polemic, \u003ci\u003eSecularism, Identity, and Enchantment\u003c\/i\u003e is a rigorous exploration of how secularism and identity emerged as concepts in different parts of the modern world. At a time when secularist and religious worldviews appear irreconcilable, Akeel Bilgrami strikes out on a path distinctly his own, criticizing secularist proponents and detractors, liberal universalists and multicultural relativists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose who ground secularism in arguments that aspire to universal reach, Bilgrami argues, fundamentally misunderstand the nature of politics. To those, by contrast, who regard secularism as a mere outgrowth of colonial domination, he offers the possibility of a more conceptually vernacular ground for political secularism. Focusing on the response to Salman Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eSatanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, Bilgrami asks why Islamic identity has so often been a mobilizing force against liberalism, and he answers the question with diagnostic sympathy, providing a philosophical framework within which the Islamic tradition might overcome the resentments prompted by its colonized past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurning to Gandhi's political and religious thought, Bilgrami ponders whether the increasing appeal of religion in many parts of the world reflects a growing disillusionment not with science but with an outlook of detachment around the rise of modern science and capitalism. He elaborates a notion of enchantment along metaphysical, ethical, and political lines with a view to finding in secular modernity a locus of meaning and value, while addressing squarely the anxiety that all such notions hark back nostalgically to a time that has past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akeel Bilgrami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Convergences: Inventories of the Present #33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.54w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674052048","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383897747593,"sku":"9780674052048","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_81c83a44-66c4-42c4-9835-ac1800026232.jpg?v=1752015087","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/secularism-identity-and-enchantment-9780674052048","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}