Saffron Republic - Hindu Nationalism and State Power in India (Hardcover)

This volume examines the phenomenon of contemporary Hindu nationalism or 'new Hindutva' that is presently the dominant ideological and political-electoral formation in India. There is a rich body of work on Hindu nationalism, but its main focus is on an earlier moment of insurgent movement politics in the 1980s and 1990s. In contrast, new Hindutva is a governmental formation that converges with wider global currents and enjoys mainstream acceptance. To understand these new political forms and their implications for democratic futures, a fresh set of reflections is in order. This book approaches contemporary Hindutva as an example of a democratic authoritarianism or an authoritarian populism, a politics that simultaneously advances and violates ideas and practices of popular and constitutional democracy.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches
Release date:	November 2022
Editors:	Thomas Blom Hansen • Srirupa Roy
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	330
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-910048-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state
LSN:	1-00-910048-3
Barcode:	9781009100489

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