This book presents an innovative approach to gender, nationalism,
and the relations between them, and analyses the broader social
base of Hindu nationalist organisation to understand the growth of
'Hindutva', or Hindu nationalism, in India. Arguing that Hindu
nationalist thought and predilections emerge out of, and, in turn,
feed, pre-existing gendered tendencies, the author presents the new
concept of 'masculine hegemony', specifically Brahmanical masculine
hegemony. The book offers a historical overview of the processes
that converge in the making of the identity 'Hindu', in the making
of the religion 'Hinduism', and in the shaping of the movement
known as 'Hindutva'. The impact of colonialism, social reform, and
caste movements is explored, as is the role of key figures such as
Mohandas Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Narendra Modi. The book sheds
light on the close, yet uneasy, relations that Hindu nationalist
thought and practice have with conceptions of 'modernity',
'development' and women's movements, and politics, and the future
of Hindu nationalism in India. A new approach to the study of Hindu
nationalism, this book offers a theoretically innovative
understanding of Indian history and socio-politics. It will be of
interest to academics working in the field of Gender studies and
Asian Studies, in particular South Asian history and politics.
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