Today, powerful political forces seek to make the Indian state
Hindu. Their rising influence since 1980 has occurred during a
period of radical change in Indian society and politics, and has
been accomplished by electoral means as well as by organized
violence. The 1996 elections will be a major test of their power
and of the influence of Hindu majoritarianism among the Indian
electorate.Animated by a sense of urgency that was heightened by
the massive violence following the destruction of the Babri mosque
in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, "Contesting the Nation" explores
Hindu majoritarian politics over the last century and its dramatic
reformulation during the decline of the Congress Party in the
1980s. Twelve prominent scholars from India, Europe, and the United
States provide perspectives from the fields of political science,
religious studies, ethnomusicology, history, art history, and
anthropology, comparing trends in India with ethnic, religious, and
cultural movements in other parts of the world.
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