Saffron Republic: Hindu Nationalism and State Power in India

ISBN-13: 9781009100489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 330 str.

Hansen, Thomas Blom

Opis

Approaches contemporary Hindutva as an example of a democratic authoritarianism or an authoritarian populism.

Spis treści

List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; List of tables and images; 1. What is New about New Hindutva? Thomas Blom Hansen and Srirupa Roy; Part I. Rule: 2. New Hindutva Timeline: September 2013–October 2020 Ashwin Subramanian; 3. Normalizing Violence: Lessons from Hindu Nationalist India Amrita Basu; 4. Hindutva Establishments: Right-wing Think Tanks and the Mainstreaming of Governmental Hindutva Srirupa Roy; 5. New Hindutva and the UP Model: An Interview with Neha Dixit and Nakul Sawhney Srirupa Roy and Thomas Blom Hansen; Part II. Articulation: 6. The Making of a Majoritarian Metropolis: Crowd Action, Public Order, and Communal Zoning in Calcutta Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay; 7. Social Segregation and Everyday Hindutva in Middle India Thomas Blom Hansen; Part III. Inclusion: 8. 'Mitakuye Oyasin – We Are All Related:' Hindutva and Indigeneity in Northeast India Arkotong Longkumer; 9. From Castes to Nationalist Hindus: The Making of Hinduism as a Civil Religion Suryakant Waghmore; 10. When Hindutva Performs Muslimness: Encounters with the Muslim Rashtriya Manch Lalit Vachani; Part IV. Violence: 11. Violence after Violence: The Politics of Narrative over the Delhi Pogrom Irfan Ahmad; 12. Development: India's Foundational Myth Mona Bhan; 13. Pratikriya, Guilt, and Reactionary Violence Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi; About the contributors; Index.