The Transnationality of the Secular : Travelling Ideas and Shared Practices of Secularism in Decolonising South and Southeast Asia.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (80 pages)
- Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series .
- Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series .
Intro -- Contents -- The Transnationality of the Secular: Travelling Ideas and Shared Practices of Secularism in Decolonising South and Southeast Asia -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction: The Possibility of Global Secularism Studies -- 1 Transnational Discourses on Secularism -- 2 Social Networks for a Secular State -- 3 Circuits of Expertise and Geopolitics -- 4 Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- References.
To what extent was the evolution of secularism in twentieth-century South and Southeast Asia a result of transnational exchange? Six argues that networks of non-state actors played a bigger role than previously understood.