Exorcizing the Spectres of Colonialism in Contemporary Sikhism and Postcolonial Thought

Authors

  • Giorgio Shani http://researchers.icu.ac.jp/Profiles/6/0000527/prof_e.html Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v4i2.165

Keywords:

Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, identity politics, language, monotheolingualism, postcolonialism, religion, Sikhism

Abstract

This review discusses Arvind-Pal S. Mandair’s Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality, and the Politics of Translation (hereafter RSW), published in 2009 by Columbia University Press.

Author Biography

  • Giorgio Shani, http://researchers.icu.ac.jp/Profiles/6/0000527/prof_e.html

    Giorgio Shani is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the International Christian University, Japan. He is author of Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age (Routledge) and co-editor of Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World (Palgrave). He is currently working on a manuscript on Religion, Identity and Human Security (Routledge). Recently, he served as Chair of the Global Development Section of the International Studies Association.

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Published

2012-01-20

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How to Cite

Shani, G. (2012). Exorcizing the Spectres of Colonialism in Contemporary Sikhism and Postcolonial Thought. Religions of South Asia, 4(2), 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v4i2.165