@article{1476799,
      recid = {1476799},
      author = {Nair, Neeti, },
      title = {Hurt Sentiments : Secularism and Belonging in South Asia  /},
      pages = {1 online resource (240 p.)},
      abstract = {An insightful history of censorship, hate speech, and  majoritarianism in post-partition South Asia.At the time of  the India-Pakistan partition in 1947, it was widely  expected that India would be secular, home to members of  different religious traditions and communities, whereas  Pakistan would be a homeland for Muslims and an Islamic  state. Seventy-five years later, India is on the precipice  of declaring itself a Hindu state, and Pakistan has drawn  ever narrower interpretations of what it means to be an  Islamic republic. Bangladesh, the former eastern wing of  Pakistan, has swung between professing secularism and  Islam.Neeti Nair assesses landmark debates since  partition-debates over the constitutional status of  religious minorities and the meanings of secularism and  Islam that have evolved to meet the demands of populist  electoral majorities. She crosses political and territorial  boundaries to bring together cases of censorship in India,  Pakistan, and Bangladesh, each involving claims of "hurt  sentiments" on the part of individuals and religious  communities. Such cases, while debated in the  subcontinent's courts and parliaments, are increasingly  decided on its streets in acts of vigilantism.Hurt  Sentiments offers historical context to illuminate how  claims of hurt religious sentiments have been weaponized by  majorities. Disputes over hate speech and censorship, Nair  argues, have materially influenced questions of minority  representation and belonging that partition was supposed to  have resolved. Meanwhile, growing legal recognition and  political solicitation of religious sentiments have fueled  a secular resistance.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1476799},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674292871},
}