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The saffron wave: democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India/ Thomas Blom Hansen.

By: Hansen, Thomas Blom Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1999Description: vi, 293 p. 24 cmISBN: 9780691006710Subject(s): Hinduism and politics | Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism | India -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 294.550954 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Hindu Nationalism and Democracy in India 3 Hindu Nationalism and Postcolonial Trajectories of Democracy 5 Hindu Nationalism and the Imaginings of India 10 About This Book 14 1. Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in India 16 The Democratic Revolution 20 Social Antagonisms and Politics 22 Discourse and the Analysis of Politics 24 Governance and Nationalism in Colonial India 29 Colonial Governmentalities 31 India as a Cultural Nation 39 Competing Nationalist Discourses 44 Producing Citizens and Communities in Independent India 46 Conclusion 57 2. Imagining the Hindu Nation 60 Ideology and the Impossibility of Identities 60 Objectification of Communities 65 Inversion of Orientalist Epistemology 67 Semitization of Hinduism 71 From Hindu Community to "Hindu Nation" 74 Hindutva and the "Lack" in the Hindus 77 The Nation as Fullness and Purity: M. S. Golwalkar 80 In the Gandhian Garb: Deendayal Upadhyaya and "Integral Humanism" 84 Constructing the "Founding Myth" 86 Conclusion: Hindu Nationalism and Democratic Revolution 88 3. Organizing the Hindu Nation 90 Culture versus Politics 92 The Sangh Parivar 96 Sevikas in Thane City 99 Hindu Missionaries at the Frontier 104 Cohesion, Leadership, and Control in the Sangh Parivar 107 Constituencies and Strategies of the Sangh Parivar 115 The "Sangha" Citadel in Pune 116 Lower Castes for a Higher Cause 122 The Sangh Parivar in the Political Field 133 Ambiguities of Politics 126 4. Democracy, Populism, and Governance in India in the 1980s

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University	294.550954 HAN/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		50108

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index.

Hindu Nationalism and Democracy in India
3 Hindu Nationalism and Postcolonial Trajectories of Democracy
5 Hindu Nationalism and the Imaginings of India
10 About This Book
14 1. Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in India
16 The Democratic Revolution
20 Social Antagonisms and Politics
22 Discourse and the Analysis of Politics
24 Governance and Nationalism in Colonial India
29 Colonial Governmentalities
31 India as a Cultural Nation
39 Competing Nationalist Discourses
44 Producing Citizens and Communities in Independent India
46 Conclusion
57 2. Imagining the Hindu Nation
60 Ideology and the Impossibility of Identities
60 Objectification of Communities
65 Inversion of Orientalist Epistemology
67 Semitization of Hinduism
71 From Hindu Community to "Hindu Nation"
74 Hindutva and the "Lack" in the Hindus
77 The Nation as Fullness and Purity: M. S. Golwalkar
80 In the Gandhian Garb: Deendayal Upadhyaya and "Integral Humanism"
84 Constructing the "Founding Myth"
86 Conclusion: Hindu Nationalism and Democratic Revolution
88 3. Organizing the Hindu Nation 90 Culture versus Politics
92 The Sangh Parivar 96 Sevikas in Thane City 99 Hindu Missionaries at the Frontier
104 Cohesion, Leadership, and Control in the Sangh Parivar
107 Constituencies and Strategies of the Sangh Parivar
115 The "Sangha" Citadel in Pune
116 Lower Castes for a Higher Cause
122 The Sangh Parivar in the Political Field
133 Ambiguities of Politics
126 4. Democracy, Populism, and Governance in India in the 1980s

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