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Slandering the Sacred
Blasphemy Law and Religious Affect in Colonial India
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Ideal for readers interested in religion, colonial history, law, and the politics of free speech. Scholars and students of secularism, South Asian studies, and legal history will find this a compelling and thought-provoking read.
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A history of global secularism and political feeling through colonial blasphemy law.
Why is religion today so often associated with giving and taking offense? To answer this question, Slandering the Sacred invites us to consider how colonial infrastructures shaped our globalized world. Through the origin and afterlives of a 1927 British imperial law (Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code), J. Barton Scott weaves a globe-trotting narrative about secularism, empire, insult, and outrage.
Decentering white martyrs to free thought, his story calls for new histories of blasphemy that return these thinkers to their imperial context, dismantle the cultural boundaries of the West, and transgress the borders between the secular and the sacred as well as the public and the private.
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A history of global secularism and political feeling through colonial blasphemy law. Why is religion today so often associated with giving and taking offence? To answer this question, Slandering the Sacred invites us to consider how colonial infrastructures shaped our globalised world. Through the origin and afterlives of a 1927 British imperial law (Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code),...Hardback$18899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
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Praised for its rich historical insight, the book is described as an "elegant and imaginative" study that re-centres India within the history of secularism and blasphemy laws, cutting through contemporary debates about religion and free speech. Reviewers highlight its gripping analysis of colonial laws regulating speech and emotion, emphasising the complex intersections between law, religion, and empire.
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ISBN: 9780226824901
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 April 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Illustration: 15 halftones
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 399g
Pages: 272
About the Author
J. Barton Scott is associate professor of historical studies and the study of religion at the University of Toronto. He is author of Spiritual Despots: Modern Hinduism and the Genealogies of Self-Rule, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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