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Minorities and Populism - Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Minorities and Populism - Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, 10
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This volume assembles renowned scholars to address, for the first
time, the relationship between minorities and populism in South
Asia and Europe from a critical perspective. Despite the very
different and to some extent opposite historical and political
trajectories, there is today a convergence on nationalist
affirmation and on majoritarian politics between South Asia and
Europe. In India, the Hindu majority rebels against wide-ranging
minority rights anchored in the Constitution. In Europe, the
refugee crisis and Islamic radicalization bring to the forefront
the postcolonial legacy. Despite all rhetoric, there are obvious
dangers of majoritarianism. Populist parties are divisive,
partisan, disregard minority rights, engage in lynching, social
division, stigmatization and exclusion, turning minorities into
second-class citizens. There is a profound structural connection
between minorities and the current rise of populism in India and
Europe. But there remains a deep perplexity and also anxiety: Does
the presence of minorities necessarily have to trigger majoritarian
policies? Are there no solutions to this dilemma? Many observers
considered multicultural policies and affirmative action programs
in India as a possible model for Europe to adopt in order to
achieve greater integration. But eventually they seem to have
failed. Why so? Are multiculturalism and the recognition of
differences still options today? On the other hand, most scholars
in India typically reject the European model of liberal democracy
and secularism as impracticable in India and locate the reason for
the current malaise in the west. But is liberal democracy really so
bad in dealing with pluralism? This volume, collecting a selection
of the Reset DOC Venice-Padua-Delhi dialogue series, is going to
answer two fundamental questions. First, what precisely is the
nexus between minorities and populism in South Asia and Europe?
Starting from those case studies, the authors will also draw some
general theoretical inferences about the nature of populism.
Secondly, given the dangers of populism for minorities, the volume
will look for the most adequate and feasible solutions.
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