Postcolonial theory and the making of Hindu nationalism: the wages of unreason
"This book tells the story of the ominous synergy that has developed in recent years between the Postcolonial Left and the Hindu Right. It argues that the Postcolonial Left's relentless attacks on the "epistemic violence" of Western norms of rationality and modernity are providin...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series
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| Further subjects: | B
Hindutva
B Hinduism and politics (India) B India Politics and government 1977- B Postcolonialism (India) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "This book tells the story of the ominous synergy that has developed in recent years between the Postcolonial Left and the Hindu Right. It argues that the Postcolonial Left's relentless attacks on the "epistemic violence" of Western norms of rationality and modernity are providing the conceptual vocabulary for the Hindu Right's project of "decolonizing the Hindu mind." The postcolonial project of creating an alternative modernity free from the "imperialism" of Eurocentric concepts harks back to the late 19th century when Indian nationalists first began to "provincialize" Europe and is widely shared by the contemporary Hindu Right. This book shows that far from an avant-garde progressive movement, postcolonialism in India bears a strong family resemblance, in context and content, with "conservative revolutions" of the kind that brought down the Weimar Republic and prepared the grounds for the Nazi takeover. Both an intellectual history of India through the last half-century and a critical engagement with postcolonial theory, this book will be of interest to scholars of South Asia and the humanities and social sciences at large"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 246 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-032-84849-5 978-1-032-84850-1 |
