Author: Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This Volume Brings Together Significant Readings On The Sangh Parivar - The `Family` Of Hindu Nationalist Organizations - And Traces The Rise Of The Right Wing In Indian Politics. It Gives A Comprehensive Overview Of The Sangh Parivar`S Involvement With Different Sectors Of The Indian Society Along With The Major Role Played By The Rss And The Vhp In Its Expansion.
The Sangh Parivar
Author: Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This Volume Brings Together Significant Readings On The Sangh Parivar - The `Family` Of Hindu Nationalist Organizations - And Traces The Rise Of The Right Wing In Indian Politics. It Gives A Comprehensive Overview Of The Sangh Parivar`S Involvement With Different Sectors Of The Indian Society Along With The Major Role Played By The Rss And The Vhp In Its Expansion.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This Volume Brings Together Significant Readings On The Sangh Parivar - The `Family` Of Hindu Nationalist Organizations - And Traces The Rise Of The Right Wing In Indian Politics. It Gives A Comprehensive Overview Of The Sangh Parivar`S Involvement With Different Sectors Of The Indian Society Along With The Major Role Played By The Rss And The Vhp In Its Expansion.
Hindu Nationalism
Author: Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400828031
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Hindu nationalism came to world attention in 1998, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won national elections in India. Although the BJP was defeated nationally in 2004, it continues to govern large Indian states, and the movement it represents remains a major force in the world's largest democracy. This book presents the thought of the founding fathers and key intellectual leaders of Hindu nationalism from the time of the British Raj, through the independence period, to the present. Spanning more than 130 years of Indian history and including the writings of both famous and unknown ideologues, this reader reveals how the "Hindutuva" movement approaches key issues of Indian politics. Covering such important topics as secularism, religious conversion, relations with Muslims, education, and Hindu identity in the growing diaspora, this reader will be indispensable for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Indian politics, society, culture, or history.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400828031
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Hindu nationalism came to world attention in 1998, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won national elections in India. Although the BJP was defeated nationally in 2004, it continues to govern large Indian states, and the movement it represents remains a major force in the world's largest democracy. This book presents the thought of the founding fathers and key intellectual leaders of Hindu nationalism from the time of the British Raj, through the independence period, to the present. Spanning more than 130 years of Indian history and including the writings of both famous and unknown ideologues, this reader reveals how the "Hindutuva" movement approaches key issues of Indian politics. Covering such important topics as secularism, religious conversion, relations with Muslims, education, and Hindu identity in the growing diaspora, this reader will be indispensable for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Indian politics, society, culture, or history.
Messengers of Hindu Nationalism
Author: Walter Andersen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787382885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a Hindu nationalist volunteer organization. It is also the parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Modi was himself a career RSS office-holder, or pracharak. This book explores how the RSS and its affiliates have benefitted from India's economic development and concurrent social dislocation, with rapid modernization creating a sense of rootlessness, disrupting traditional hierarchies, and attracting many upwardly mobile groups to the organization. India seems more willing than ever to accept the RSS's narrative of Hindu nationalism--one that seeks to assimilate Hindus into a common identity representing true 'Indianness'. Yet the RSS has also come to resemble 'the Congress system', with a socially diverse membership containing a distinct left, right and center. The organization's most significant dilemma is how to reconcile the assault from its far right on cultural issues like cow protection with condemnations of globalization from the left flank. Andersen and Damle offer an essential account of the RSS's rapid rise in recent decades, tracing how it has evolved in response to economic liberalization and assessing its long-term impact on Indian politics and society.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787382885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a Hindu nationalist volunteer organization. It is also the parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Modi was himself a career RSS office-holder, or pracharak. This book explores how the RSS and its affiliates have benefitted from India's economic development and concurrent social dislocation, with rapid modernization creating a sense of rootlessness, disrupting traditional hierarchies, and attracting many upwardly mobile groups to the organization. India seems more willing than ever to accept the RSS's narrative of Hindu nationalism--one that seeks to assimilate Hindus into a common identity representing true 'Indianness'. Yet the RSS has also come to resemble 'the Congress system', with a socially diverse membership containing a distinct left, right and center. The organization's most significant dilemma is how to reconcile the assault from its far right on cultural issues like cow protection with condemnations of globalization from the left flank. Andersen and Damle offer an essential account of the RSS's rapid rise in recent decades, tracing how it has evolved in response to economic liberalization and assessing its long-term impact on Indian politics and society.
Understanding the RSS and the Sangh Parivar
Author: Shankar Gopalakrishnan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789350024904
Category : Hindutva
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789350024904
Category : Hindutva
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Fascism of Sangh Parivar
Author: Ram Puniyani
Publisher: Anamika Pub & Distributors
ISBN: 9788174951953
Category : Communalism
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
A critical attempt to highlight the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist organization and its associated organizations.
Publisher: Anamika Pub & Distributors
ISBN: 9788174951953
Category : Communalism
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
A critical attempt to highlight the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist organization and its associated organizations.
The Greater India Experiment
Author: Arkotong Longkumer
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503614239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503614239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.
Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics
Author: Manjari Katju
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125024767
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics provides a detailed historical account of the VHP, one of the leading organisations in the Hindutva movement, focusing on its transformation from a loosely-knit body of Hindus aimed at preserving and promoting Hindu dharma, into a mass organisation actively involved in mobilising the urban middle classes, service professionals and religious leaders for the creation and promotion of a strong Hindu nation. Rich in empirical data, the book contains extensive quotations from fifty interviews carried out for this study, including those with central figures in the VHP such as Praveen Togadia and Ashok Singhal and members of related organisations.
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125024767
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics provides a detailed historical account of the VHP, one of the leading organisations in the Hindutva movement, focusing on its transformation from a loosely-knit body of Hindus aimed at preserving and promoting Hindu dharma, into a mass organisation actively involved in mobilising the urban middle classes, service professionals and religious leaders for the creation and promotion of a strong Hindu nation. Rich in empirical data, the book contains extensive quotations from fifty interviews carried out for this study, including those with central figures in the VHP such as Praveen Togadia and Ashok Singhal and members of related organisations.
Time for Stock Taking, Whither Sangh Parivar?
Author: Sita Ram Goel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Hindu-Muslim conflict in India, since pre-1947 till the present.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Hindu-Muslim conflict in India, since pre-1947 till the present.
The Saffron Wave
Author: Thomas Blom Hansen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400823056
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here he analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. Rather than interpreting Hindu nationalism as a mainly religious phenomenon, or a strictly political movement, Hansen places the BJP within the context of the larger transformations of democratic governance in India. Hansen demonstrates that democratic transformation has enabled such developments as political mobilization among the lower castes and civil protections for religious minorities. Against this backdrop, the Hindu nationalist movement has successfully articulated the anxieties and desires of the large and amorphous Indian middle class. A form of conservative populism, the movement has attracted not only privileged groups fearing encroachment on their dominant positions but also "plebeian" and impoverished groups seeking recognition around a majoritarian rhetoric of cultural pride, order, and national strength. Combining political theory, ethnographic material, and sensitivity to colonial and postcolonial history, The Saffron Wave offers fresh insights into Indian politics and, by focusing on the links between democracy and ethnic majoritarianism, advances our understanding of democracy in the postcolonial world.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400823056
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here he analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. Rather than interpreting Hindu nationalism as a mainly religious phenomenon, or a strictly political movement, Hansen places the BJP within the context of the larger transformations of democratic governance in India. Hansen demonstrates that democratic transformation has enabled such developments as political mobilization among the lower castes and civil protections for religious minorities. Against this backdrop, the Hindu nationalist movement has successfully articulated the anxieties and desires of the large and amorphous Indian middle class. A form of conservative populism, the movement has attracted not only privileged groups fearing encroachment on their dominant positions but also "plebeian" and impoverished groups seeking recognition around a majoritarian rhetoric of cultural pride, order, and national strength. Combining political theory, ethnographic material, and sensitivity to colonial and postcolonial history, The Saffron Wave offers fresh insights into Indian politics and, by focusing on the links between democracy and ethnic majoritarianism, advances our understanding of democracy in the postcolonial world.
I Could Not Be Hindu:
Author: Bhanwar Meghwanshi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788194865490
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1987, a thirteen-year-old in Rajasthan joins the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Despite his untouchable status, he rises through the ranks. He hates Muslims. He joins the karsevaks to Ayodhya. He is ready to die for the Hindu Rashtra. And yet he remains a lesser Hindu. In this explosive memoir, Bhanwar Meghwanshi tells us what it meant to be an untouchable in the RSS. And what it means to become Dalit.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788194865490
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1987, a thirteen-year-old in Rajasthan joins the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Despite his untouchable status, he rises through the ranks. He hates Muslims. He joins the karsevaks to Ayodhya. He is ready to die for the Hindu Rashtra. And yet he remains a lesser Hindu. In this explosive memoir, Bhanwar Meghwanshi tells us what it meant to be an untouchable in the RSS. And what it means to become Dalit.