Religion-State Encounters in Hindu Domains From the Straits Settleme
The historical and empirical project presented here is grounded in a desire to theorize ‘religion-state’ relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore. The core research problematic of this project has emerged out of the
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Religion–State Encounters in Hindu Domains
ARI – SPRINGER ASIA SERIES Volume 1
Editors-in-Chief Chua Beng Huat, Prasenjit Duara, Robbie B. H. Goh and Lily Kong National University of Singapore Editorial assistant Saharah Bte Abubakar, National University of Singapore
Religion Section Section editors: Kenneth Dean, McGill University, and Michael Feener, National University of Singapore Associate editors: Nico Kaptein, Leiden University, and Joanne Waghorne, Syracuse University Migration Section Section editor: Brenda Yeoh, National University of Singapore Associate editors: Dick Bedford, University of Waikato, Xiang Biao, Oxford University, and Rachel Silvey, University of Toronto Cities Section Section editor: Tim Bunnell, National University of Singapore Associate editors: Abidin Kusno and Michael Leaf, University of British Columbia
The Asia Research Institute (ARI) is a university-level research institute of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Its mission is to provide a world-class focus and resource for research on Asia. The three themes of the ARI-Springer Asia Series – Cities, Religion, and Migration – correspond to three of ARI’s research clusters and primary research emphases. ARI’s logo depicts rice grains in star-like formation. Rice has been the main staple food for many of Asia’s peoples since the 15th century. It forms the basis of communal bonds, an element of ritual in many Asian societies, and a common cultural thread across nations and societies. For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8425
Vineeta Sinha
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Vineeta Sinha Department of Sociology National University of Singapore 11 Arts Link 115750 Singapore [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-0886-0 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0887-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0887-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011926119 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Acknowledgements
The first draft of this book was written between September 2007 and July 2008, when I spent my sabbatical year in the UK with an affiliation with the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge. I would like to thank Prof. Christopher Bayly and Dr. Kevin Greenbank for facilitating my visit to the Centre and making it possible for me to avail myself of the resources, including especially access to the various libraries at the University of Cambridge. The research for this project was made possibl
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