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The saffron wave : democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India / Thomas Blom Hansen.

By: Hansen, Thomas Blom, 1958-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999Description: vi, 293 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0691006717 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0691006709 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Hinduism and politics -- India | Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism | India -- Politics and government -- 1977-DDC classification: 294.5/5/0954 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-288) and index.
Contents:
Modernity, nation, and democracy in India -- Imagining the Hindu nation -- Organizing the Hindu nation -- Democracy, populism, and governance in India in the 1980s -- The saffron wave -- Communal identities at the heart of the nation -- Hindu nationalism, democracy, and globalization.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-288) and index.

Modernity, nation, and democracy in India -- Imagining the Hindu nation -- Organizing the Hindu nation -- Democracy, populism, and governance in India in the 1980s -- The saffron wave -- Communal identities at the heart of the nation -- Hindu nationalism, democracy, and globalization.

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