Secularism, Democracy, Justice undertakes the difficult task of applying to the Indian context the principles elaborated in John Rawl's Theory of Justice (1971).Nalini Rajan relies largely on Kantian notions of rationality and universality to combine a philosophical analysis of the Rawlsian framework with a defence of certain kinds of state policies in India. She discusses: secularism and the rationale for a uniform civil code; the necessity for greater democratic participation as well as its limits; the importance of positive discrimination to combat social backwardness; and the role of the self and of universality in realizing human agency.
- ISBN10 0761992146
- ISBN13 9780761992141
- Publish Date 26 January 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 May 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English