Abstract
In recent years, Australian values has become a pedagogical and border performative phrase in Australia. Ashis Nandy's concept of genuine, instrumental secularism, to describe Hindu nationalist movements in India, appears to explain the popularity of this phrase in Australia. Genuine, instrumental secularism refers to the manner in which political leadership of a state may seek to use religion in instrumental ways linking it to nationalism and secularism. This paper will engage with Nandy's discussion of the instrumental uses of religious nationalism in order to situate and theorise the Australian values discourse.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | As others see us |
| Subtitle of host publication | the values debate in Australia |
| Editors | J. V. D'Cruz, Bernie Neville, Devika Goonewardene, Phillip Darby |
| Place of Publication | North Melbourne |
| Publisher | Australian Scholarly Publishing |
| Pages | 43-54 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1740971760 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- postcolonial studies
- secularism
- Australian values
- multiculturalism