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Lost years of the RSS / Sanjeev Kelkar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelkar, Sanjeev.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hedgewar, Keshav Baliram, 1889-1940--Political and social views.
- Hedgewar, Keshav Baliram.
- Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh--History.
- Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh.
- Hinduism--Relations--Islam.
- Hinduism.
- Hinduism and politics--India.
- Hinduism and politics.
- Hindutva.
- India--Politics and government--1947-.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 354 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; London : SAGE, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a historical analysis of the events that have shaped the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its 85 years of existence. Written from an insider's perspective, this in-depth work critically analyses the major turning points in the history of RSS from the viewpoint of both a follower and an opponent.
- Contents:
- Original design of the RSS : an analysis
- Political ethnography of the RSS
- Dominant tendencies of the Golwalkar era
- Withdrawal, return and ascent of Deoras
- The emergency and post-emergency
- The BJP, the Parivar and Deoras : 1980-85
- Catapulting the Hindu to the centre stage
- Road to political power and its aftermath
- The unipolar world and the RSS' response
- The future, if any
- The new Hindutva (violent) forces.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613235404
- 9788132119227
- 8132119223
- 9788132112143
- 8132112148
- 9781283235402
- 1283235404
- 9788132107620
- 8132107624
- OCLC:
- 747410657
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