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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aAnil Kumar Vaddiraju _9262531
245			_aReason religion and modernity _b: Gadamer-Habermas debate
260			_aSingapore _bSpringer _c2024
300			_axx, 57p. _bPB _c23.5x19.3cm
365			_2General
520			_aThis book deals with the question of understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the context of developing countries. It reviews specific theories, such as modernisation theory, marxism, liberalism, hermeneutics and critical approach to explain questions related to religion and religious traditions. The book focuses on the recent attempts to theorise religion by Jurgen Habermas. It argues modernisation and orthodox Marxian theory are inadequate in understanding the recent spurt of religious phenomenon in politics. It discusses Hans-Georg Gadamer’s view to show a way forward regarding dialectical hermeneutics in facilitating a dialogue between different traditions and religions. The book is of interest to students, scholars, practitioners of development, and all those who concern themselves with the questions of religion, tradition, modernity and secular well-being in developing countries such as India and beyond.
600			_2Religion _aReligion _9262532
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