LEADER 03178oam 2200709I 450 001 9910462418003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-60558-9 010 $a9786613918031 010 $a1-136-30203-4 010 $a0-203-11706-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203117064 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242301 035 $a(EBL)1024645 035 $a(OCoLC)811506301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000741765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12315711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10743290 035 $a(PQKB)10495999 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1024645 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1024645 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603681 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391803 035 $a(OCoLC)815378048 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242301 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligious freedom in India $esovereignty and (anti) conversion /$fGoldie Osuri 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;$v60 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-66557-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aDrawing on the critical and theoretical concepts of sovereignty, biopolitics, and necropolitics, this book examines how a normative liberal and secular understanding of India's religious identity is translatable by Hindu nationalists into discrimination and violence against minoritized religious communities. Extending these concepts to an analysis of historical, political and legal genealogies of conversion, the author demonstrates how a concern for sovereignty links past and present anti-conversion campaigns and laws.The book illustrates how sovereignty informs the making of secular 410 0$aRoutledge Contemporary South Asia Series 606 $aConversion$xHinduism 606 $aFreedom of religion$zIndia 606 $aNationalism$xReligious aspects$xHinduism 606 $aReligion and politics$zIndia 606 $aSovereignty$xReligious aspects$xHinduism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConversion$xHinduism. 615 0$aFreedom of religion 615 0$aNationalism$xReligious aspects$xHinduism. 615 0$aReligion and politics 615 0$aSovereignty$xReligious aspects$xHinduism. 676 $a323.44/20954 700 $aOsuri$b Goldie.$0849196 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462418003321 996 $aReligious freedom in India$91896525 997 $aUNINA