240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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The rise of authoritarian Hindu mass movements and political formations in India since the early 1980s raises fundamental questions about the resurgence of chauvinistic ethnic, religious and nationalist movements in the late modern period. This book examines the history and ideologies of Hindu nationalism and Hindutva from the end of the last century to the present, and critically evaluates the... Read more
1 Introduction 2 The Primordial Nation of the Hindus 3 Beyond the Arya Ideal 4 From Revolutionary Nationalism to Hindutva 5 The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Ordered Society 6 The Sangh Parivar in Politics 7 The Authoritarian Landscape of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad 8 Conclusion
Biography
Chetan Bhatt Senior Lecturer in Sociology,Goldsmiths College, University of London
