Messengers of Hindu Nationalism: How the RSS Reshaped India - Couverture rigide

Andersen, Walter; Damle, Shridhar D.

 
9781787380257: Messengers of Hindu Nationalism: How the RSS Reshaped India
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1787380254 ISBN 13 : 9781787380257
Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Walter Andersen is Professor of South Asia Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He previously served as chief of the US State Department's South Asia Division in the Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia.
Shridhar D. Damle is a scholar of Indian politics based in the USA.

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Éditeur
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1787380254
ISBN 13 
9781787380257
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
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