03243oam 2200733I 450 991078589300332120230803024644.01-136-30202-61-283-60558-997866139180311-136-30203-40-203-11706-910.4324/9780203117064 (CKB)2670000000242301(EBL)1024645(OCoLC)811506301(SSID)ssj0000741765(PQKBManifestationID)12315711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741765(PQKBWorkID)10743290(PQKB)10495999(MiAaPQ)EBC1024645(Au-PeEL)EBL1024645(CaPaEBR)ebr10603681(CaONFJC)MIL391803(OCoLC)815378048(OCoLC)811135574(FINmELB)ELB134636(EXLCZ)99267000000024230120180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligious freedom in India sovereignty and (anti) conversion /Goldie OsuriAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (217 p.)Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;60Description based upon print version of record.0-415-66557-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 (Anti) conversion as exception: genealogies; 2 (Anti) conversion: transnational bio/necropolitical engagements; 3 Sovereignty and the Indian secular; 4 What's love got to do with it? Sovereignty and conversion; 5 Profaning religious freedom; Epilogue: conversion as profanation; Notes; References; IndexDrawing on the critical and theoretical concepts of sovereignty, biopolitics, and necropolitics, this book examines how a normative liberal and secular understanding of India's religious identity is translatable by Hindu nationalists into discrimination and violence against minoritized religious communities. Extending these concepts to an analysis of historical, political and legal genealogies of conversion, the author demonstrates how a concern for sovereignty links past and present anti-conversion campaigns and laws.The book illustrates how sovereignty informs the making of secularRoutledge Contemporary South Asia SeriesConversionHinduismFreedom of religionIndiaNationalismReligious aspectsHinduismReligion and politicsIndiaSovereigntyReligious aspectsHinduismConversionHinduism.Freedom of religionNationalismReligious aspectsHinduism.Religion and politicsSovereigntyReligious aspectsHinduism.323.44/20954Osuri Goldie.1553028MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785893003321Religious freedom in India3813252UNINA