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Remembering Interracial Intimacies: South Asian Perspectives on Black/Brown Sex and Romance in Colonial East Africa

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

AN ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS OF RECENT POLITICAL SECULARISM IN TURKEY AND HABERMAS' PROPOSED REMEDIES

open access: yesSiyar Journal
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
doaj   +1 more source

The Timely Rise of a Teenage Reformer: Youth Revolt, Feminism and the Struggle for a ‘New Sexual Morality’ at the Dawn of the Spanish Second Republic

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Inverted Eurocentrism: The Consumption of Decolonization in the Global North and a Radical Decolonization Agenda

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Transhumanist Religious Experience: Beyond Secular Faith?

open access: yesZygon
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Secularism, Assimilation and the Crisis of Multiculturalism

open access: yes
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
core   +1 more source

The Sociology and Anthropology of Secularism: From Genealogy/Power to the Multiple Manifestations of the Secular

open access: yes, 2020
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
core  

Secularism and the Gujarat state: 1960-2005 [PDF]

open access: yes
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)
core  

The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Manifestations of the post-secular emerging within discourses of posthumanism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper discusses the concepts of posthuman and post-secular in critical ...
Graham, Elaine
core   +2 more sources

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