Hindu Nationalism in India: Ideology and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781032084459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str.

Bhuwan Jha

Opis

This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to the twenty-first century.

Recenzje

Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty. - M. G. Roskin, emeritus, Lycoming College, USA. CHOICE May 2021 Vol. 58 No. 9.

Spis treści

Introduction;  Part 1 Ideological Foundations: nationalism in its theoretical springs;  1 Redesigning the Indian nation: politico-ideological priorities of Dayananda, Vivekananda and Aurobindo;  2 VD Savarkar (1883-1966): an activist ideologue;  3 MS Golwalkar (1906-1973): an insightful organizer;  4 Deendayal Upadhyay (1916-1968): a demiurgic thinker;  Part 2 Ideological Initiatives and Organizational Forms;  5 Physical Regeneration and Militarization of the Hindus;  6 Hindu Mahasabha (1915 - ): the moment of arrival;  7 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (1925 - ): the moment of manoeuvre;  8 Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951-1977): the moment of uncertainty;  9 Bharatiya Janata Party (1980 -): the moment of consolidation;  9 Conclusion 

O autorze

Bidyut Chakrabarty is the Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, India.

Bhuwan Kumar Jha is Assistant Professor in History at Satyawati College, University of Delhi, India. He is also Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi.