ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some key concepts of Sikh philosophy in relation to several important themes in sociopolitical theory: (1) pluralism, (2) activism and social justice, and (3) statehood and sovereignty. The basic thrust of the chapter is to present some social and political implications of gurmat concepts. The broad thrust of the chapter shows how a Sikh philosophical worldview might converge or differ from the dominant paradigm of liberalism. The section on pluralism focuses on the internal complexity of the self as conceived in Sikh thought, which in turn complicates ideas of community and coexistence in a way that challenges nationalism and beckons towards a very different understanding of civil society, multicultural citizenship, and a cosmopolitan order.
