The saffron wave: democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India/
Hansen, Thomas Blom
The saffron wave: democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India/ Thomas Blom Hansen. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1999. - vi, 293 p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index.
Hindu Nationalism and Democracy in India
3 Hindu Nationalism and Postcolonial Trajectories of Democracy
5 Hindu Nationalism and the Imaginings of India
10 About This Book
14 1. Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in India
16 The Democratic Revolution
20 Social Antagonisms and Politics
22 Discourse and the Analysis of Politics
24 Governance and Nationalism in Colonial India
29 Colonial Governmentalities
31 India as a Cultural Nation
39 Competing Nationalist Discourses
44 Producing Citizens and Communities in Independent India
46 Conclusion
57 2. Imagining the Hindu Nation
60 Ideology and the Impossibility of Identities
60 Objectification of Communities
65 Inversion of Orientalist Epistemology
67 Semitization of Hinduism
71 From Hindu Community to "Hindu Nation"
74 Hindutva and the "Lack" in the Hindus
77 The Nation as Fullness and Purity: M. S. Golwalkar
80 In the Gandhian Garb: Deendayal Upadhyaya and "Integral Humanism"
84 Constructing the "Founding Myth"
86 Conclusion: Hindu Nationalism and Democratic Revolution
88 3. Organizing the Hindu Nation 90 Culture versus Politics
92 The Sangh Parivar 96 Sevikas in Thane City 99 Hindu Missionaries at the Frontier
104 Cohesion, Leadership, and Control in the Sangh Parivar
107 Constituencies and Strategies of the Sangh Parivar
115 The "Sangha" Citadel in Pune
116 Lower Castes for a Higher Cause
122 The Sangh Parivar in the Political Field
133 Ambiguities of Politics
126 4. Democracy, Populism, and Governance in India in the 1980s
9780691006710
Hinduism and politics
Nationalism--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
India--Politics and government
294.550954 / HAN/S
The saffron wave: democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India/ Thomas Blom Hansen. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1999. - vi, 293 p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index.
Hindu Nationalism and Democracy in India
3 Hindu Nationalism and Postcolonial Trajectories of Democracy
5 Hindu Nationalism and the Imaginings of India
10 About This Book
14 1. Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in India
16 The Democratic Revolution
20 Social Antagonisms and Politics
22 Discourse and the Analysis of Politics
24 Governance and Nationalism in Colonial India
29 Colonial Governmentalities
31 India as a Cultural Nation
39 Competing Nationalist Discourses
44 Producing Citizens and Communities in Independent India
46 Conclusion
57 2. Imagining the Hindu Nation
60 Ideology and the Impossibility of Identities
60 Objectification of Communities
65 Inversion of Orientalist Epistemology
67 Semitization of Hinduism
71 From Hindu Community to "Hindu Nation"
74 Hindutva and the "Lack" in the Hindus
77 The Nation as Fullness and Purity: M. S. Golwalkar
80 In the Gandhian Garb: Deendayal Upadhyaya and "Integral Humanism"
84 Constructing the "Founding Myth"
86 Conclusion: Hindu Nationalism and Democratic Revolution
88 3. Organizing the Hindu Nation 90 Culture versus Politics
92 The Sangh Parivar 96 Sevikas in Thane City 99 Hindu Missionaries at the Frontier
104 Cohesion, Leadership, and Control in the Sangh Parivar
107 Constituencies and Strategies of the Sangh Parivar
115 The "Sangha" Citadel in Pune
116 Lower Castes for a Higher Cause
122 The Sangh Parivar in the Political Field
133 Ambiguities of Politics
126 4. Democracy, Populism, and Governance in India in the 1980s
9780691006710
Hinduism and politics
Nationalism--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
India--Politics and government
294.550954 / HAN/S