1st Edition

Rethinking Hindu Identity

By Dwijendra Narayan Jha Copyright 2009
110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Recent years have seen the emergence of a virulent version of Hindu nationalism and fundamentalism in India under the banner of Hindutva. This xenophobic movement has obfuscated and mystified the notion of Hindu identity and reinforced its stereotypes. Its arguments range from the patently unscientific - humankind was created in India, as was the first civilisation - to historical whitewash:... Read more
Introduction1.

Biography

Philip R. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.