Hindu Nationalism: A Reader

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A Reader by Christophe Jaffrelot. Buy the eBook Price: Available in Russia Shop from Russia to buy this item. Or, get it for Kobo Super Points! Ratings and Reviews 0 0 star ratings 0 reviews. Overall rating No ratings yet 0. How to write a great review Do Say what you liked best and least Describe the author's style Explain the rating you gave Don't Use rude and profane language Include any personal information Mention spoilers or the book's price Recap the plot.

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When in reality its policy proposals are probably closer to moderate Indian nationalism, Gandhianism, or social democracy, than most other nationalist movements including its mirror the conservative wing of the Pakistan movement and its modern Islamist incarnations could ever possibly be.

Most interesting chapters were the early ones, which show you how it all got started. Granted, those are some of the more radical and kooky writers, namely the early Arya Samajists, but they show you where the aesthetic originated, and informs you on the symbolic background of Hindu nationalism. But everything in section 2 is worth reading. The rest of it is ok, but the list of topics seems a bit random.

Its odd that the example of Hindutva in the diaspora which they used was the California textbook case, which really was only related to Hindutva in the sense that Jewish NGOs and community organizations trying to improve perception of Jews in textbooks is related to Conservative Zionism.

It was also missing a section on people like Vivekananda and Sri Aurbindo, and a section on the Swadeshi movement. Ultimately Hindu Nationalism is an interesting ideology, and it is important to understand for anyone who values the culture, philosophy, and people of India and the rest of Hindu Civilization.

Other than perhaps Gandhism it seems to be the largest "social-political" wing of modern Hindu thought. Criticisms and "controversial claims" made by the more coherent and rational of the Hindu nationalists are largely correct. Let me rattle some off: Hindus have been losing demographically in the long run. The Indian state treats Hindu and Muslim communities very differently.

Islam in India has a very bloody history. Hindus have fared horribly in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Globalization erodes local traditions and destroys the environment. Many Hindu temples were destroyed and are now controlled by Muslims who erected mosques in their stead, and this is unjust and should be corrected.

Hindu Nationalism

Most non-Hindu nationalist Hindus pursue self-abnegation in politics. Untouchability causes a lot of deep fissures in Hindu society which makes it weak.

Hinduism is more pluralistic and tolerant than Abrahamic religions, which is the cause of many of the above problems. These things are basically true. The problem is that the proposed solutions are bad as well. Hindu nationalists, therefore, are willing to subjugate individual freedom and the operation of the market economy to social and state control OR to leave the achievement of their goals to caste organizations, guilds, etc.

It is interesting that even Hindu Nationalism, in contrast with most iterations of Fascism, sees the state and society as radically distinct entities. Which is a good opening to exploit for anti-statists, Gandhians and decentralists. Although it is aesthetic and it seeks to defend a civilization I hold dear, ultimately is premised on the acceptability of large-scale, centralized coercion as a tool for creating an ideal society, so it needs to be almost totally rebuilt to be viable. Some people are working on that.

The modern Indian right is much better than most of their intellectual predecessors. Like the people at Swarajya. Anyway thats the review. View all 3 comments.

You can perhaps understand a bit about the evolution of Hindu Nationalist ideals. But it is kind of a boring book to read. Feb 08, Tomal Datta rated it liked it. The editor's note will give you his negative attitude to Hindutva and the bias in regards to that. Otherwise, it is concise and straight to the points in debate.

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Also the history is very minimal as well as the ideologues which should have been more specific to the point than taking the general writings of different authors. Feb 20, Kristin Doneen rated it liked it Shelves: This book is a selection of readings representing different movements within "Hindu Nationalism" a resistance movement to minorities and colonialism in India. You can take a peek inside the book through amazon. Jerome G rated it it was amazing Mar 13, Somi Das rated it it was amazing Apr 19, Muhammad Juneem rated it really liked it Dec 07, Ketan Joshi rated it it was amazing Dec 25, Bobbi rated it really liked it Mar 27, Vikas Lather rated it really liked it Dec 14, Aastha Tyagi rated it it was amazing May 05, Prajesh Panicker rated it really liked it Feb 22,

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