The clash within : democracy, religious violence, and India's future /

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While America is focused on religious militancy and terrorism in the Middle East, democracy has been under siege from religious extremism in another critical part of the world. As Martha Nussbaum reveals in this penetrating look at India today, the forces of the Hindu right pose a disturbing threat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Hindutva.
Communalism > India.
Hinduism and state.
Violence > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Democracy > India.
Religious fanaticism > Hinduism.
Intégrisme hindou.
Communalisme > Inde.
Fanatisme religieux > Hindouisme.
Hindouisme et État.
Démocratie > Inde.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Hindouisme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism & Patriotism.
Politics and Government.
Religious fanaticism > Hinduism
Violence > Religious aspects > Hinduism
Communalism
Democracy
Hinduism and state
Hindutva
India
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Genocide in Gurjarat
  • 2. The human face of the Hindu right
  • 3. Tagore, Gandhi, Nehru
  • 4. A democracy of pluralism, respect, equality
  • 5. The rise of the Hindu right
  • 6. Fantasies of purity and domination
  • 7. The assault on history
  • 8. The education wars
  • 9. The diaspora community
  • 10. The clash within.

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