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041			_aEnglish
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082			_a329.954 _bACH
100	1		_aAchin Vanaik.
245	1	0	_aHINDUTVA RISING : _bsecular claims, communal realities /
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260			_aNew Delhi _bTulika Books _c2017/01/01
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500			_aThis book, substantially expanded and revised from a 1997 study, argues that to properly understand why and how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Sangh Parivar have risen to where they are in India today, we need to critically re-evaluate the claims made about the virtues of Indian secularism and of its historical emergence. In the necessary battle of ideas, mainstream liberal discourse does not sufficiently counter Hindutva because both share some common ground regarding India’s ‘civilizational durability’, and how the nexus of religion (primarily Hinduism) and culture has shaped today’s social order. The book seeks to theoretically rebut such perspectives, advocating not just strengthening the secularity of the Indian state but promoting greater secularization of civil society. The Sangh Parivar is a far right force, whether seen as fascist or fascistic, that has longstanding, cadre-based roots in civil society and is determined to bring about a Hindu rashtra. This would mean a Hindu state in all but name, the permanent inferiorization of certain religious minorities, severe curtailment of rights more generally, the monitoring and isolation of those who would oppose by words and actions the forces of Hindutva. Since the conditions enabling this trajectory are not just cultural but materially grounded in the current iniquities of economic, social and political life in the country, to defeat this communalism we have to fight against much more than communalism, namely against the neoliberal order generating these conditions. Even as all those opposed to Hindutva need to work together for their own sakes, for the building of an Anti-Neoliberal Platform, the revitalization of the Left in India is vital.
505			_aContents Acknowledgement Introduction Part One 1.The Communalization of the Indian Polity: From Independence to the 2014 Elections. Part Two 2.Religion, Modernity, Secularization 3.Communalism, Hindutva, Anti-Selularists : The Conceptual Battleground Part 3 4.The Threat of Hindu Communalism : Problems with the Fascist Paradigm 5.The New Modi Regime Epilogue : Reading the Signs of the Times
650			_aHinduism
650			_aBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and Sangh Parivar
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504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aCriticaly evaluation of the claims made about the virtues of Indian secularism and of its historical emergence.
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