The Secret Life of Another Indian Nationalism

Transitions from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-83257-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches

Nationalism is among the most influential ideas that has shaped the 'Metamorphoses of the Political' in the long twentieth century. This book focuses on exclusivist Indian nationalism and identifies its distinction from inclusivist nationalism. It highlights shifts in 'another Indian nationalism' over the last two centuries as the geopolitical context has transitioned from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana and its war on terror. The books braids the following three strands together: first, a majoritarian nationalist ideology called Hindutva; second, the making of popular history as a precolonial epic is highlighted, depicting the defeat of the last Hindu Emperor by a conquering Muslim Sultan purportedly leading to eight centuries of Hindu enslavement and third, the 'reconversion' of a community by the Visva Hindu Parishad with consequences for Lived Hinduism and Indic civilisation with its complex identities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mayaram, Shail

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of illustrations; Note on transliteration; 1. Introduction: colonialism, orientalism, nationalism and the shaping of popular history and religion; 2. James Tod and popular Indian nationalism; 3. War and violence in Savarkar's view of Indian history; 4. The Vishva Hindu Parishad's Fantasmagorical history; 5. The politics of Vishva Hindu Parishad conversion; 6. Another history of religion; 7. Myth and medical pluralism as resistance to Hindu nationalism; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Mayaram, Shail
Shail Mayaram is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi and Co-Director of the International Center for Advanced Study (ICAS-MP). Some of her publications include Against History, Against State: Counterperspectives from the Margins (2003); Resisting Regimes: Myth, Memory and the Shaping of a Muslim Identity (2016, 2nd edition) and Israel as the Gift of the Arabs: Letters from Tel Aviv (2015).