Hindu nationalism in India / Tanika Sarkar.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2022Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197650271 (ebook) :Subject(s): Hinduism and politics -- India
| Nationalism -- India | India -- Politics and governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197645987DDC classification: 320.540954 LOC classification: BL1215.P65Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In the twenty-first century, there has been a seismic shift in Indian political, religious and social life. The country's guiding spirit was formerly a fusion of the anti-caste worldview of B.R. Ambedkar; the inclusive Hinduism of Mahatma Gandhi; and the agnostic secularism of Jawaharlal Nehru. Today, that fusion has given way to Hindutva. This now-dominant version of Hinduism blends the militant nationalism of V.D. Savarkar; the Brahmanical anti-minorityism of M.S. Golwalkar; and the global Islamophobia of India's ruling regime. This riveting book connects Hindu religious nationalism with the cultural politics of everyday India.
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Previously issued in print: India: Permanent Black, 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the twenty-first century, there has been a seismic shift in Indian political, religious and social life. The country's guiding spirit was formerly a fusion of the anti-caste worldview of B.R. Ambedkar; the inclusive Hinduism of Mahatma Gandhi; and the agnostic secularism of Jawaharlal Nehru. Today, that fusion has given way to Hindutva. This now-dominant version of Hinduism blends the militant nationalism of V.D. Savarkar; the Brahmanical anti-minorityism of M.S. Golwalkar; and the global Islamophobia of India's ruling regime. This riveting book connects Hindu religious nationalism with the cultural politics of everyday India.
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