Making India Hindu : religion, community, and the politics of democracy in India
Material type: TextPublication details: Delhi Oxford University Press 2005Edition: 2Description: xxi, 350 pISBN: 0195672488Subject(s): Communalism | Hinduism and politics | NationalismDDC classification: 320.95409049 Summary: This classic collection by eminent scholars takes a critical look at the mobilizations, genealogies, and interpretive conflicts that have attended efforts to make India Hindu since the rise to power of Hindu political parties from 1980. The second edition has been updated with a new preface in which Ludden provides an incisive analysis of the recently held elections and highlights how Hindutva operates inside India's political mainstream.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Previous ed. published as: Contesting the nation : religion, community, and the politics of democracy in India. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
This classic collection by eminent scholars takes a critical look at the mobilizations, genealogies, and interpretive conflicts that have attended efforts to make India Hindu since the rise to power of Hindu political parties from 1980. The second edition has been updated with a new preface in which Ludden provides an incisive analysis of the recently held elections and highlights how Hindutva operates inside India's political mainstream.
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