Religion, Politics and Human Rights - Hardcover

Mukesh Kumar Singh

 
9789380014890: Religion, Politics and Human Rights

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Religion is based on faith and rituals whereas science depends on observations experiments, verifications, proofs and facts. Ritualism, religious fundamentalism and fanaticism rooted in religion are very much opposed to science. Politics in contemporary India is marked by the 'resurgence' of 'caste politics'. In a sense, this is true. The past two decades have seen a dramatic collapse of the old political formations and parties which had dominated the politics of the Nehruvian era. Political parties are indispensable for the successful functioning of democracy. Modern democracies are representative or indirect democracies. Human rights are a product of a philosophical debate that has raged for over two thousand years within the European societies and their colonial descendants. This argument has focused on a search for moral standards of political organization and behaviour that is independent of the contemporary society. This book is a modest attempt to discuss all these issues. It is expected that the book would serve the interests of the students as a source of information for understanding and appreciating the finer aspects of Religion, Politics and Human Rights.

Table of Contents:
Sociological Religion
Indian Religion
Caste, Race and Politics
Comparative Political Analysis
The Constitution of Indian and Indian Polity
Nature of Party System in India
Religion and Identity Politics in India
The Historical Origins of Human Rights
Human Rights Regime Against Racial Discrimination
Concepts in Human Rights
Fight Against Human Trafficking in India

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