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The Saffron Wave [electronic resource] : Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India.

By: Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781400823055 (electronic bk.)
  • 1400823056 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Saffron Wave : Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern IndiaDDC classification:
  • 294.5/5/0954 324.254082
LOC classification:
  • BL1215.P65H36 1999
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents.
Summary: The rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here he analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. Rather than interpreting Hindu nationalism as a mainly religious phenomenon, or a strictly political movement, Hansen places the BJP within the context.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents.

The rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here he analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. Rather than interpreting Hindu nationalism as a mainly religious phenomenon, or a strictly political movement, Hansen places the BJP within the context.

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