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Review: Hokkeji And The Reemergence Of Female Monastic Orders In Premodern Japan, James C. Dobbins
Review: Hokkeji And The Reemergence Of Female Monastic Orders In Premodern Japan, James C. Dobbins
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The Contours Of Secularism In South Asian Minority Writing, Roger Mcnamara
The Contours Of Secularism In South Asian Minority Writing, Roger Mcnamara
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My dissertation explores the intricate relationship between secularism and identity in South Asian minority writing. Though India and Sri Lanka were founded as secular states in the 1940s, they have consistently failed to protect the rights of religious and ethnic minorities since the 1980s. Thus, critics have been debating whether secularism as a political doctrine--one that separates religion from the state to protect minority communities--is still relevant. However, this debate only assumes that secularism protects minorities, while I argue that secularism has actively shaped minority identity and experience. I consider secularism to be a process that facilitated the modernization of …