Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation - Couverture souple

Narayan, Badri

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8178299062 ISBN 13 : 9788178299068

Editeur : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Narayan Badri

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the present Indian sociopolitical scenario, a large number of dalit castes have become the main players in the electoral arena and politically mobilizing them has become a compulsion of all political parties. The strong desire of these castes to assert their identity based on their sense of pastness is being profitably encashed by many political parties who are appropriating their heroes and recreating their histories to suit their political ideology and thereby politically mobilizing them. This is especially true in UP and Bihar where society is still divided on caste lines and the lower castes are still oppressed.

Fascinating Hindutva examines how, aided by other Hindutva forces like RSS and VHP, the strategies of BJP for mobilizing dalits rests on reinterpreting their Hindu past and unifying them under the metanarrative of Hindutva. It is an exploration of the fascinating tactics used by the Hindutva forces to politically mobilize individual dalit castes like the Nishads, Musahars and Dusadhs by saffronising their heroes.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 8178299062
• ISBN 13: 9788178299068
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216