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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nThursday, April 14, 2022 2:00 pm to 4:00 
 pm \n Sidney Smith Hall / Zoom \n\nSpeakers \nRajeev Bhargava, Director o
 f the Institute of Indian Thought, Centre for the Study of Developing Soc
 ietes \n\nDescription: \nAbstractI have earlier argued that Indian secular
  Democracy is meant to keep an ambivalent toward religion, in that it res
 pects some aspects of its aspects, while being deeply critical of others.
  It is marked by an attitude of critical respect towards religion. In my p
 resentation, I wish to extend and amend this argument. As I view it now,
  the constitutionally grounded secular democracy of India differentiates b
 etween being religious and belonging to a religion. It values plural relig
 iosities but is suspicious of Religion. I explore this view comparing and 
 contrasting it with West European and North American conceptions of secula
 r democracies. BioRajeev Bhargava is Director of the Institute of Indian T
 hought at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi\
 , and past Director of CSDS. A leading scholar of Indian sec-ularism and d
 emocracy in India, his many publications include What is Political Theory
  and Why Do We Need It? (2010), The Promise of India’s Secular Democracy 
 (2010), and the influential Secularism and Its Critics (edited, 1998).  
   Registration→ Sidney Smith Hall (limited space) → ZoomProfessor Bhargava
  will also be leading a workshop for the “Deparochializing Political Thoug
 ht” project, supported by the ATLAS (Advancing Teaching and Learning in t
 he Arts and Sciences) program of the Faculty of Arts and Science, Univers
 ity of Toronto. The project aims at de-centering Euro-American traditions 
 in the way we teach political theory.  “Studying and Teaching the Ashokan 
 Inscriptions”  Date: Thursday, April 14, 10AM - 12PM Sidney Smith Hall o
 r via zoomPlease RSVP to laila.khoshkar@mail.utoronto.ca for either in-per
 son or virtual attendance. \n\nSponsors \nDepartment of Political Science\
 , Centre for South Asian Civilizations, Department for the Study of Relig
 ion \n\nCategories \n LectureWorkshop \n\nAudiences \n Graduate StudentsUn
 dergraduate Students
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SUMMARY:How Should Secular Democracy Relate to Religion? Reflections from I
 ndia
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 ocracy-relate-religion-reflections-india
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