Pluralism and Equality: Values in Indian Society and Politics

With the end of the Cold War, interest in the core-values of state, pluralism, secularism and equality have intensified. This important volume examines these principal values in the differing historical and socio-cultural contexts of Europe and India, emphasising their fundamental role in democratic governance, and highlighting the wide variations in both their meaning and content in different cultures. Comprising contributions from distinguished scholars, this volume constitutes a lucid and cogent analysis of recent shifts in public policies and political polemics on the meaning and content of various core-values. INDICE: PrefaceIntroduction - Helmut ReifeldPART ONE: CIVIL SPACE AND VALUE PREMISESThe Place of 'Individual' in Indian Thought and Polity - Chaturvedi BadrinathThe Cultural Capital of Europe - Andre Habisch Values, Norms and Institutions as Devices for European Developmental SuccessThe State as Value - Satish Saberwal India, Europe, ChinaMore Equal but Still not Equal? - Zoya Hasan State and Inter-group Equality in Contemporary IndiaIs Secularism a Value in Itself? - Rajeev BhargavaPART TWO: CONCEPTS OF THE 'OTHER' IN INDIAUnity and Diversity in India - Ajay Mehra Two Ends of a Continuum or a Converging Horizon'Majorities' and 'Minorities' in Modern South Asian Islam - Mushirul Hasan A Historian's PerspectiveBasic Conflicts of 'We' and 'They' between Religious Traditions, between Hindus, Muslims and Christians in India - Imtiaz AhmadBasic Conflicts of 'We' and 'They' between Social and Ethnic Groups - Ambrose Pinto'We' and 'They' Syndrome: The South Asian Experience - Partha S GhoshPART THREE: FACING UNIVERSALISMReforms, Democracy and Justice - Ranabir Samaddar Some Issues of State and the Market in South AsiaIs Globalistion a Threat to Regional and Local Identities? - Yogendra SinghGender Lines - Kumkum Sangari Personal Laws, Uniform Laws, ConversionIndividual and Group Rights in Western Europe and India - Dietmar RothermundSummary of Discussions - Dietmar RothermundIndex

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