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The Transnationality of the Secular
Travelling Ideas and Shared Practices of Secularism in Decolonising South and Southeast Asia
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To what extent was the evolution of secularism in South and Southeast Asia between the end of the First World War and decolonisation after 1945 a result of transimperial and transnational patterns? To capture the diversity of twentieth-century secularisms, Clemens Six explores similarities resulting from translocal networks of ideas and practices since 1918. Six approaches these networks via a framework of global intellectual history, the history of transnational social networks, and the global history of non-state institutions. Empirically, he illustrates his argument with three case studies: the reception of Atatürkâs reforms across Asia and the Middle East; translocal womenâs circles in the interwar period; and private US foundations after 1945.
Clemens Six, Ph.D. (2003), is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He has published monographs and articles on religion, politics, and secularism in Asia, including Secularism, Decolonisation, and the Cold War in South and Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2018).
The Transnationality of the Secular
Travelling Ideas and Shared Practices of Secularism in Decolonizing South and Southeast Asia
âClemens Six
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Keywords
âIntroduction: The Possibility of Global Secularism Studies
â1âTransnational Discourses on Secularism
â2âSocial Networks for a Secular State
â3âCircuits of Expertise and Geopolitics
â4âConclusions
âAbbreviations
âReferences
All interested in 20th century transnational history and the global history of religion, politics, and secularism.