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The saffron wave : democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India

Author: Thomas Blom Hansen
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Analyzing Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party, this book also explores its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a policy based on "ancient" Hindu culture. The author places the BJP within the context of the larger transformation of democratic governance in India. The text goes on to argue that the Hindu nationalist movement has successfully articulated the  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas Blom Hansen
ISBN: 0691006709 9780691006703 0691006717 9780691006710
OCLC Number: 40180273
Description: vi, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Modernity, nation, and democracy in India --
Imagining the Hindu nation --
Organizing the Hindu nation --
Democracy, populism, and governance in India in the 1980s --
The saffron wave --
Communal identities at the heart of the nation --
Hindu nationalism, democracy, and globalization.
Other Titles: Democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India
Responsibility: Thomas Blom Hansen.
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Abstract:

Analyzing Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party, this book also explores its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a policy based on "ancient" Hindu culture. The author places the BJP within the context of the larger transformation of democratic governance in India. The text goes on to argue that the Hindu nationalist movement has successfully articulated the anxieties and desires of the large and amorphous Indian middle class. Consequently, the movement has attracted privileged groups fearing encroachment on their dominant positions but also "plebian" and impoverished groups seeking recognition around a majoritarian rhetoric of cultural pride, order, and national strength. This book aims to advance the understanding of democarcy in the post-colonial world.

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