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Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear

The representation of the Muslims as threatening to India's body politic is central to the Hindu nationalist project of organizing a political movement and normalizing anti-minority violence. Adopting a critical ethnographic approach, this book identifies the poetics and politics of fear and vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anand, Dibyesh
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2011, 2011
Subjects:
Religion And Sociology
Social Aspects Of Religion
Political Theory
Asian Politics
Social Sciences
International Relations
Asia / Politics And Government
Political Science
Political Sociology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The representation of the Muslims as threatening to India's body politic is central to the Hindu nationalist project of organizing a political movement and normalizing anti-minority violence. Adopting a critical ethnographic approach, this book identifies the poetics and politics of fear and violence engendered within Hindu nationalism
Physical Description:X, 197 p online resource
ISBN:9780230339545

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