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The Circulation of Secularism
Inquiring into the causes behind the spread of secularism in the modern world, this paper proposes that the concept has proliferated owing to its peculiar property as culture: It is simultaneously a piece of culture and also a reflection upon culture. In its latter capacity, it imagines a world in which alternative religious belief systems divide people. It spreads as a piece of culture because...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Index on Censorship
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0306-4220,1746-6067
DOI: 10.1080/03064228908534640