Saffron Republic : Hindu Nationalism and State Power in India Hardback
Edited by Thomas Blom (Stanford University, California) Hansen, Srirupa (Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen, Germany) Roy
Part of the Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches series
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This volume examines the phenomenon of contemporary Hindu nationalism or 'new Hindutva' that is presently the dominant ideological and political-electoral formation in India.
There is a rich body of work on Hindu nationalism, but its main focus is on an earlier moment of insurgent movement politics in the 1980s and 1990s.
In contrast, new Hindutva is a governmental formation that converges with wider global currents and enjoys mainstream acceptance.
To understand these new political forms and their implications for democratic futures, a fresh set of reflections is in order.
This book approaches contemporary Hindutva as an example of a democratic authoritarianism or an authoritarian populism, a politics that simultaneously advances and violates ideas and practices of popular and constitutional democracy.
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- Pages:330 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/11/2022
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- ISBN:9781009100489
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:330 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/11/2022
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- ISBN:9781009100489
