Europe in dialogue with Manav Ratti’s The Postsecular Imagination

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article argues that among Manav Ratti's distinctive theorizations of postsecularism in his landmark book The Postsecular Imagination (Routledge, 2013) is the concept's function as a hermeneutical key for inspiring critical analyses and insights across both secularism and religion. I juxtapose Ratti's book with some of the proposals for understanding postsecularism in Europe. The difference in understanding postsecularism in the Indian subcontinent and in Europe is related to different historical and cultural experiences, especially with reference to colonial heritage.