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9781859849217

The Furies of Indian Communalism

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  • ISBN13:

    9781859849217

  • ISBN10:

    1859849210

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-05-01
  • Publisher: Verso Books
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Summary

A powerful and rigorous analysis of the growing phenomenon of Hindu communalism, which currently threatens to tear India apart. The author explains the specific nature and modernity of communalism, and, moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
PART I 3(62)
1. INTRODUCTION
3(26)
2. REFLECTIONS ON COMMUNALISM AND NATIONALISM IN INDIA
29(36)
The Pattern of Modern Nationalism
Communalism
Communal Politics
The Hindu Nationalist and the Anti-Secularist
The Political Rise of Hindu Communalism
Secularism and Socialism
Conclusion: Prospects for Indian Democracy
PART II 65(172)
3. RELIGION, MODERNITY, SECULARIZATION
65(65)
Four Notions of Secularization
The Definitional Issue: Assassins and Immortalizers
Religion as Ideology: Marxists and Others
Culture and Society: The Problem of Order
Religion in Modernity: The Question of Identity
Secularization Once Again
Secularism as Tolerance
4. COMMUNALISM, HINDUTVA, ANTI-SECULARISTS: THE CONCEPTUAL BATTLEGROUND
130(107)
Civilization and Culture
Caste and Hinduism
Hinduism's Mystique of Tolerance
Hindutva
Anti-Secularism
Anti-Modernist Stridencies
The Curious Case of Subaltern Studies
A Subalternist's View on Secularism
Communalism, Religious Fundamentalism and Religious Nationalism
PART III 237(124)
5. SITUATING THE THREAT OF HINDU COMMUNALISM: PROBLEMS WITH THE FASCIST PARADIGM
237(59)
Contending Paradigms
The Marxist Paradigm: The Tensions Within
The Classical Marxist Views
The Basic Parameters
Hindu Communalism and the Question of Fascism
An Alternative Paradigm
Does It Make a Difference?
Some Political Conjectures
The Problem of Alliances
6. THE COMMUNALIZATION OF THE INDIAN POLITY
296(65)
The Historic Decline of the Congress
Ideological Disarray
Searching for a New Centrism
The Rise of the BJP and of the Sangh Combine
Deconstructing Sangh Ideology
The Trajectory of the BJP
The Threat of the BJP
The Obstacle to BJP Politics
Dalit Assertion
Radical Dilemmas
The Eleventh Lok Sabha Elections: The Uncertain Panorama
Index 361

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