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Saffron republic : Hindu nationalism and state power in India / edited by Thomas Blom Hansen, Srirupa Roy.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Metamorphoses of the political: multidisciplinary approaches
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindutva--India.
- Hindutva.
- Hinduism and politics--India.
- Hinduism and politics.
- India--Politics and government.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781009118873 (ebook)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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