Minorities and Populism – Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe (Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, 10)

Minorities and Populism – Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe
	Contents
	Contributors
	Chapter 1: Minorities and Populism: Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe
		1.1 Framing Populism
		1.2 Minorities and Populism
		1.3 Muslims as Minorities and Majorities
			1.3.1 India’s Muslims
			1.3.2 Europe and the Muslim World
		1.4 Gender, Caste & Other Minorities
		1.5 Conclusion
		References
	Part I: Framing Populism
	Chapter 2: Minorities and Populism in Modi’s India: The Mirror Effect
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Populist Tactics
		2.3 The Populist as a Mirror of the People
		2.4 Populism and Minorities: The Indian Case
		Select Bibliography
	Chapter 3: On How to Deal with Populism
		3.1 The Liberal Approach to Populism: Exclusion and Isolation
		3.2 The Socialist Approach to Populism
			3.2.1 The Instrumentalization Thesis
			3.2.2 The Ignorance Thesis
		3.3 Conclusion
		References
	Part II: Minorities and Populism
	Chapter 4: Solidarity in Diverse Societies: Beyond Neoliberal Multiculturalism and Welfare Chauvinism
		4.1 Nationhood
		4.2 Beyond Neoliberal Multiculturalism and Welfare Chauvinism
		References
	Chapter 5: Theorizing Populism in India
		5.1 Re-signifying Progressive Politics
		5.2 Technocratic Liberalism and Demagoguery
		5.3 Culture, Passions, and the Emergent Social Psychology
		5.4 New Cultural Subalterns
		5.5 Economic Elites Versus New Cultural Subalterns
		References
	Glossary
	Chapter 6: The People and Populism
		6.1 Introduction
		6.2 How to Define Populism?
		6.3 Migrations and the State
		6.4 Migration and the Use of Fear
		6.5 The Terrorism Variable
		6.6 Terrorism and Religions
		6.7 Leaderism and the Rupture of the Principle of Representation
		6.8 Populism and Law
		6.9 Conclusion
		References
	Part III: Muslims as Majorities and Minorities
	Chapter 7: Politics of Constitutionalism: Muslims as a Minority
		7.1 Introduction
		7.2 Muslims as a Political Community?
		7.3 Politics of Political Action
		7.4 Conclusion
		References
	Glossary of Terms
	Chapter 8: The Rajya Sabha as a Corrective Mechanism for Muslim Underrepresentation?
		8.1 Introduction
		8.2 Institutional Characteristics of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and Patterns of Representation of Muslims
		8.3 Muslim Representation in the Lok Sabha, 1952–2014
		8.4 Muslim Representation in the Rajya Sabha, 1952–2018
		8.5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 9: Muslim Minorities in India: Trapped in Exclusion and Political Populism
		9.1 Introduction
		9.2 The Making of Muslim Minorities
		9.3 Mapping Exclusion of the Muslims
		9.4 Policy Favour or Political Tokenism?
			9.4.1 Measures for Accessing Educational Opportunities
			9.4.2 Multi-sectoral Development Programme
			9.4.3 Access to Financial Credit
			9.4.4 Minority Budget
		9.5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10: Ethno-Radicalism and Socioeconomic Backwardness: Lessons from the Indian Muslim Experience
		10.1 Muslim Backwardness Debate and Indian State
		10.2 Politics of Fear: India and Europe
		10.3 Indian Muslims and Radicalism
		10.4 Concluding Thoughts
		References
	Chapter 11: How Cultural and Religious Pluralism Shapes Europe: The Role of Muslim Minorities
		11.1 Changes in the European Cultural and Religious Landscape
		11.2 A Standard Situation of Pluralism
		11.3 Synchronic Pluralization and the Kaleidoscope of Cultures: The New Geo-religion of Europe
		11.4 Islam in Question: Or Muslims?
		11.5 Islam in Europe, European Islam
		11.6 Islam(s) and Muslims in the European Public Space
		11.7 Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 12: Minorities Under Attack in Pakistan
		12.1 Ahmadis, Powerless in the Face of Persecution
		12.2 The Blasphemy Law, Christians, and Others
		12.3 The Departure of the Last Hindus, Partition’s Final Act?
		12.4 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 13: Historical and Contemporary Challenges to Islam and the Secular State
		13.1 Challenges to Religion
		13.2 Obstacles on the Way Towards Civil and Political Maturity
		13.3 Religious Obstacles
		13.4 Islam, Christianity, and the Challenge of Secularism
		13.5 Conceptual Ambiguity of the Secular State
		13.6 The Case of Indian Secularism
		13.7 Is Islam Secular? The Compatibility Factor
			13.7.1 Principles Not Systems
			13.7.2 Rethinking the Mission of Religion
		References
	Chapter 14: Populist Majoritarianism in India and Pakistan: The Necessity of Minorities
		14.1 The Necessity of Minorities: Theoretical Formulation
		14.2 Covering Internal Differences
		14.3 Populist Majoritarianism and Indian Public Sphere
		14.4 Reflections on the 2014 General Elections
		14.5 Populist Majoritarianism in Pakistan: The Construction of Minorities
		14.6 Textbooks: Methods of Majoritarianism
		14.7 Blasphemy Laws and Religious Minorities
		14.8 Everyday Life in Majoritarianism
		14.9 Concluding Observations
		References
	Part IV: Gender, Caste & Other Religious Minorities
	Chapter 15: Religious Minorities in a Society Monopolized by Catholicism
		15.1 Introduction
		15.2 The New Religious Geography
		15.3 Recognition of Religious Minorities at Two Speeds
		15.4 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 16: Christians and Christian Dalits in India: Balancing Minority Rights and Caste Claims in Law
		16.1 Integration
		16.2 Exclusion and Discrimination from Without
		16.3 Exclusion and Discrimination from Within
		16.4 Christians and Caste in the Constituent Assembly
		16.5 Minority Rights
		16.6 Rights Against Claims
		References
	Chapter 17: Women, Minorities, Populism
		17.1 Can Women Be Considered Minority?
		17.2 The People and Women’s Body
		17.3 Gendered Faces of National Neo-populism
		References
	Chapter 18: Armed Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India and Resurgence of Women’s Movement
		References
	Chapter 19: The Myth of Empowerment: Gender, Conflict, and ‘Development’ in Kashmir
		19.1 Introduction
		19.2 Gendering the Conflict in Kashmir
		19.3 Militarized Humanitarianism as a Counterinsurgency Measure
		19.4 Contesting the Narratives of Women Empowerment
		19.5 Women’s Activism: Reclaiming Public Spaces
		19.6 Conclusion
		References