The Saffron Wave : Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India.

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Author / Creator:	Hansen, Thomas Blom.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Description:	1 online resource (300 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Hinduism and politics -- India. Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. Hinduism and politics. Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. Politics and government India -- Politics and government -- 1977- India. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244985

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ISBN:	9781400823055 1400823056 1282457853 9781282457850
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Summary:	The rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here he analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. Rather than interpreting Hindu nationalism as a mainly religious phenomenon, or a strictly political movement, Hansen places the BJP within the context.
Other form:	Print version: Hansen, Thomas Blom. Saffron Wave : Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2001 9780691006710

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