1st Edition
Warriors In Politics Hindu Nationalism, Violence, And The Shiv Sena In India
By Sikata Banerjee
Copyright 2000
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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In theorizing about the link between violence and the politics of nationalism, most scholars have rejected the idea that primordial hatred between different ethnic and/or religious groups residing in close proximity will inevitably lead to conflict and the call for an ethnically/religiously pure nation-state. Rather, conflict tends to occur when humans manipulate social, political, economic, and... Read more
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theoretical Dichotomies; Instrumentalism and Primordialism; A Critique of Instrumentalism; Conclusion; 2. Incidents of Violence; Jogeshwari; Behrampada; Dharavi,; Govandi/Deonar,; Context of the Riots in Mumbai,; Conclusion,; 3. Economic Dislocations; Unique Conditions; De-Industrialization; The Informal Sector; Demand for Factory Labor; Growth in the Services Sector; Aftermath of the Textile Strike; Conclusion; 4. Political Dislocations; Crisis of Congress Governability; Internal Rivalry and the Political Vacuum in Maharashtra; Shifts in Caste Voting; Betrayal of Secularism; Politics of Demolition; Conclusion; 5. Mobilization of the Shiv Sena; The Political Story of the Shiv Sena; The Recruitment of Party Activists; The Shiv Sena: Who Leads?; The Shiv Sena and Its Economic Role; Conclusion; 6. Masculine Hinduism; Hegemonic Masculinity and Nationalism; Hinduism and Colonialism; Masculine Hinduism and Hindu Revivalism; Tactics of Masculine Hinduism in Maharashtra; Ideas of Masculine Hinduism in the Mumbai Riots; Conclusion; 7. The Future of Secular Democracy; Public Responses to the Mumbai Riots; Hindu Nationalism and the Elections; Sena/BJP Governance: Loss of Credibility; Sena/BJP Governance: Selected Policies; Hindu Nationalism and Nuclear Testing; Conclusion; 8. Conclusions; Selected Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index
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Sikata Banerjee
