'Fundamentalisms' Workshop

13 December 2012

A most debated issue of the contemporary social sciences and political theory is the problem of religious fundamentalism and its influence on the social and political life in different countries and on the global scenario. The workshop will be devoted to the recently published book of Professor Torkel Brekke: Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in an Age of Globalizatiom (Cambridge U.P., 2011)

Lady Shri Ram College of the University of Delhi (LSR)
LSR Auditorium, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi

4:30-6:00pm

Chair: Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo (Lapland University)

Torkel Brekke (Oslo University)
Kanchana Mahadevan (Mumbai University)
Hilal Ahmed (CSDS)
Andrej Zwitter (University of Groningen)
Michael Hoelz (University of Manchester)

Sponsored by Cambridge University Press

Professor Brekke's main field of specialization is South Asian culture, religion and politics. He has published widely about the ethics of war in the South Asian civilizations. He also works on the cultural and religious transformations in the meeting of Europe and South Asia during the colonial period. He is currently involved in a wider international research project about the ethics of war in world religions. The other main research focus is the cultural and religious transformations in South Asia during the colonial period. Besides these areas, he is pursuing research in the contemporary developments in secularisation, secularism and the relation between politics and religion.


The workshop will take place as part of the conference on postsecularism.