Hindu Nationalism : : A Reader / / ed. by Christophe Jaffrelot.

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&...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (424 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Copyright Statement
  • PART 1. Introduction: The Invention of an Ethnic Nationalism
  • Introduction. The Invention of an Ethnic Nationalism
  • PART 2. The Making and Reshaping of Hindu Nationalist Ideology
  • 1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
  • 2. R.B. Lal Chand
  • 3. Har Bilas Sarda
  • 4. Madan Mohan Malaviya and Lala Lajpat Rai
  • 5. Swami Shraddhananda
  • 6. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  • 7. M.S. Golwalkar
  • 8. Deendayal Upadhyaya
  • 9. Balraj Madhok
  • PART 3. Hindu Nationalist Issues
  • 10. The RSS and Politics
  • 11. Jammu & Kashmir
  • 12. The National Language
  • 13. Conversion and the Arithmetic of Religious Communities
  • 14. Reservation and Social Justice
  • 15. Education
  • 16. Ayodhya, the Babri Masjid, and the Ramjanmabhumi Dispute
  • 17. Defence
  • 18. Secularism
  • 19. The Economy
  • 20. The Diaspora and Hindu Nationalism
  • Bibliography