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ABSTRACT Bringing together historical evidence, postcolonial fiction and memory work, this study recovers South Asian cultural attitudes towards interracial heterosexual romance from the margins of East African history. It asks why Black/brown intimacy was treated as taboo and denied legitimacy within South Asian diasporic communities in British‐ruled ...
Carissa Chew
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Within the intricate structure of global political landscapes, the nation of Turkey emerges as a captivating subject of study, particularly when examining its progressive secularism and the complex interplay of socio-political dynamics.
Muhsin Abdul Hadi
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ABSTRACT The contributions of propagandist and writer Hildegart (1914–1933) to Spanish cultural life are overshadowed by accounts of her unusual upbringing and violent death. This article examines the conditions that enabled the teenager to become a prominent voice for feminism and sexual reform on the eve of Spain's Second Republic (1931–1939).
Micaela Pattison
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ABSTRACT In the Global North and elite spaces in the Global South, the concepts of Eurocentrism and decolonization have come to be associated primarily with identity and location rather than with capitalism and political economy. This article argues that the reason for this can be traced to what Samir Amin calls ‘inverted Eurocentrism’, which entails a
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
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Transhumanist Religious Experience: Beyond Secular Faith?
In this article, we advance a case for considering transhumanism as a religion. Following William James, we think of “religion” as a set of experiences that define and shape one’s identity. These may include peak experiences, the feeling of transcendence,
Adam Lovasz
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Secularism, Assimilation and the Crisis of Multiculturalism
This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular and supposedly neutral public
Jansen, Yolande
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This book offers a philosophical and macro-historical analysis of secularism, supported by an investigation of various contemporary cases. Starting with an in-depth theoretical discussion of the meaning of secularism, it subsequently presents a ...
Vicini, Fabio
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Secularism and the Gujarat state: 1960-2005 [PDF]
Secularism has been a defining norm for the modern, liberal Indian state. The constitutionally secular Gujarat state is believed to have undergone a paradigmatic shift in 2002, when it supported a massacre of Muslim citizens.
Nikita Sud (QEH)
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The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence
ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
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Manifestations of the post-secular emerging within discourses of posthumanism [PDF]
This paper discusses the concepts of posthuman and post-secular in critical ...
Graham, Elaine
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