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Presenting the Past - Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India (Hardcover)
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Presenting the Past - Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India (Hardcover)
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The interface of identity construction practices and the role of
knowledge of the past in that continual process manifests itself in
contemporary Hindu-Muslim relations and political governance.
Presenting' the Past studies the religious, cultural, sociological,
and ideological dimensions of the Hindutva historiographical
project going back and forth into the realms of history, myth,
socialization, and governance. Taking Ram' and the division of the
Indian society into Rambhakts (Ram devotees) and non-Rambhakts as
the core, Udayakumar proceeds by reading the closely related set of
texts: the Ramayana, Ramarajya (State of Ram) imageries in
political discourses, the Babri Masjid/Ramjanmabhumi controversy in
Ayhodhya and the Ramraksha governance of the BJP-led government in
New Delhi. With analysis of events dating to the 1920s and the
establishment of Muslim separatism and Hindu fundamentalism,
extending to the 1990s when the Sangh Parivar's narrative of
national history' reached its pinnacle with the demolition of the
Babri Masjid and the attainment of state power, and terminating in
2004 when the BJP lost power and prominence at the center, this
illuminating discourse is readily accessible to students and
scholars of contemporary Indian politics and society.
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