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Pluralism and Democracy in India - Debating the Hindu Right (Hardcover)
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Pluralism and Democracy in India - Debating the Hindu Right (Hardcover)
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Wendy Doniger and Martha Nussbaum bring together leading scholars
from a wide array of disciplines to address a crucial question: How
does the world's most populous democracy survive repeated assaults
on its pluralistic values? India's stunning linguistic, cultural,
and religious diversity has been supported since Independence by a
political structure that emphasizes equal rights for all, and
protects liberties of religion and speech. But a decent
Constitution does not implement itself, and challenges to these
core values repeatedly arise---not least in the first decade of the
twenty-first century, when the rise of Hindu Right movements
threatened to destabilize the nation and upend its core values, in
the wake of a notorious pogrom in the state of Gujarat in which
approximately 2000 Muslim civilians were killed.
Focusing on this time of tension and threat, the essays in this
volume consider how a pluralistic democracy managed to survive.
They examine the role of political parties and movements, including
the women's movement, as well as the role of the arts, the press,
the media, and a historical legacy of pluralistic thought and
critical argument. Featuring essays from eminent scholars in
history, religious studies, political science, economics, women's
studies, and media studies, Pluralism and Democracy in India offers
an urgently needed case study in democratic survival. As Nehru said
of India on the eve of Independence: ''These dreams are for India,
but they are also for the world.'' The analysis this volume offers
illuminates not only the past and future of one nation, but the
prospects of democracy for all.
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