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_aJaffrelot, Christophe _94181 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aHindu nationalist movement in India |
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_aNew York _bColumbia University Press _c1996 |
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| 500 | _aBook based on first part of author's Ph. D. thesis, written 1987-1991 at Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 569-575) and index. | ||
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_g1. _tStigmatising and Emulating 'Threatening Others' - The Formation of Hindu Nationalism -- _g2. _tThe Strategy of Ethno-Religious Mobilisation and the Politics of Secularism -- _g3. _tA Specific Party-Building Strategy: The Jana Sangh and the RSS Network -- _g4. _tTowards Strategies of Moderation? -- _g5. _tThe Mixed Strategy: Hindu Mobilisation and Electoral Alliances -- _g6. _tLocal Cadres and Populism -- _g7. _tThe Hindu Nationalists in the 'J.P. Movement' -- _g8. _tThe Impossible Assimilation -- _g9. _tThe Contradictions of the B.J.P. and the Erosion of Secularism -- _g10. _tThe Hindu Sense of Vulnerability and The R.S.S.'s Political Offensive -- _g11. _tThe Making of a Hindu Vote? -- _g12. _tMaking a Bid for Power: The Scope and Limitations of the Hindu Mobilisation -- _g13. _tThe Paradox of the Ramjanmabhoomi Movement -- _g14. _tThe B.J.P. Held in Check in the Hindi Belt -- _gApp. A. _tVictims of Hindu-Muslim riots, 1986-90 (map) -- _gApp. B. _tHindu-Muslim riots in India and resulting victims, 1954-93 -- |
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_gApp. C. _tThe same information as in B. in graphic form -- _gApp. D. _tPerformance of the Jana Sangh and the BJP in Vidhan Sabha elections, 1952 to 1991 -- _gApp. E. _tPerformance of the Jana Sangh and the BJP in Lok Sabha elections, 1952 to 1993-5 -- _gApp. F. _tNotables and activists among Madhya Pradesh BJS and BJP MLAs by region, 1957-90 -- _gApp. G. _tOccupations of Madhya Pradesh BJS and BJP MLAs, 1957-90 -- _gApp. H. _tCaste- and community-based distribution of Jana Sangh and BJP MLAs in Madhya Pradesh, 1952-93 -- _gApp. J. _tMadhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election results, 1952-93 (9 maps). |
| 520 | _aAlthough the peaceful, inward-looking doctrine of the Hindu religion hardly seems to lend itself to ethnic nationalism, a phenomenal surge of militant Hinduism has taken place over the last ten years in India, precipitating a wave of Hindu-Muslim riots in India in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Indeed, the electoral success of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has proven beyond a doubt that these fundamentalists now pose a significant threat to India's secular government. | ||
| 520 | 8 | _aIn a historically rich, detailed account of the Hindu nationalist movement in India since the 1920s, Christophe Jaffrelot explores how rapid changes in the political, social, and economic climate have made India fertile soil for the growth of the primary arm of Hindu nationalism, a paramilitary-style group known as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), together with its political offshoots. | |
| 520 | 8 | _aJaffrelot argues that political uneasiness, created by real and imagined threats of colonialism and the presence of minority groups, paved the way for militant Hinduism on the Indian subcontinent. He shows how the Hindu movement uses religion to enter the political sphere, and argues that the ideology they speak for has less to do with Hindu philosophy than with ethnic nationalism, borrowing from modern European models. | |
| 520 | 8 | _aUsing techniques similar to those of nationalist groups in other nations, Jaffrelot contends, the Hindu movement polarizes Indian society by stigmatizing minorities - chiefly Muslims and Christians - and by promoting a sectarian Hindu identity. | |
| 520 | 8 | _aJaffrelot's close empirical research informs his case studies of party-building at the local level and strengthens his incisive interpretations of the past failures and Hindu nationalism, as well as recent successes beginning in the 1980s. This analysis takes into account the subtle interaction between long-term strategies for changing a country's culture and short-term tactics of political accommodation. | |
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_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y20th century. _921724 |
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