Neo-Hindutva explores the recent proliferation and evolution of Hindu nationalism - the assertive majoritarian, right-wing ideology that is transforming contemporary India. This volume develops and expands on the idea of 'neo-Hindutva' -- Hindu nationalist ideology which is evolving and shifting in new, surprising, and significant ways, requiring a reassessment and reframing of prevailing understandings. The contributors identify and explain the ways in which Hindu nationalism increasingly permeates into new spaces: organisational, territorial, conceptual, rhetorical. The scope of the chapters reflect the diversity of contemporary Hindutva - both in India and beyond - which appears simultaneously brazen but concealed, nebulous and mainstreamed, militant yet normalised. They cover a wide range of topics and places in which one can locate new forms of Hindu nationalism: courts of law, the Northeast, the diaspora, Adivasi (tribal) communities, a powerful yoga guru, and the Internet. The volume also includes an in-depth interview with Christophe Jaffrelot and a postscript by Deepa Reddy. Helping readers to make sense of contemporary Hindutva, Neo-Hindutva is ideal for scholars of India, Hinduism, Nationalism, and Asian Studies more generally. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary South Asia.
- | Author: Taylor & Francis Group
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 156 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 103208412X
- | ISBN-13: 9781032084121
- Author:
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication Date:
- Jun 30, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 156 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 103208412X
- ISBN-13:
- 9781032084121