Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear [electronic resource] /
Anand, D.author.
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.
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Hindu nationalism in India -- Hindu nation under siege -- Pronosexualising the Muslim -- The unawakened India -- Awakening the Hindu mind and the Hindu body -- The awakened Hindu India: Ayodhya and Gujarat -- 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 violence engendered within Hindu nationalism.
Political sociology.
Asia—Politics and government.
Political science.
International relations.
Religion and sociology.
Political theory.
Political Sociology.
Asian Politics.
Political Science.
International Relations.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Political Theory.