1st Edition

Hindutva for Our Times

By Arvind Sharma Copyright 2025
74 Pages
by Routledge India

74 Pages
by Routledge India

74 Pages
by Routledge India

This book studies Hindu nationalism and deliberates on the forms Hindu self-assertion might take in the future. It examines the intersection of Hindu nationalism with the contemporary reality of India, as represented by a religiously plural society with a secular state, which possesses a social system characterised by caste, and one whose vision has been shaped by a mainstream version of Indian... Read more

Preface vi 1 Hindutva and Religion 1 2 Hindutva and Secularism 12 3 Hindutva and Caste 23 4 Hindutva and History 37 5 Hindutva and Comparative Religion 49 Epilogue 60 Index 63

Biography

Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.