Secular quests, national others: revisiting Bangladesh's constituent assembly debates

How do we understand the 15th amendment of the Bangladeshi Constitution that restored the principle of secularism and simultaneously (re)inscribed certain populations as outside the cultural nation? I approach this question through a close reading of the Constituent Assembly debates of 1972. The pre...

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Main Author: Siddiqi, Dina M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Royal Society for Asian Affairs 2018
In: Asian affairs
Year: 2018, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 238-258
Further subjects:B Laicism
B Religious identity
B Bangladesh
B Constitutional convention
B Minority
B Cause
B Religion
B Politics
B Population group
B Constitution
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