Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India Paperback - 1996
by David Ludden (Editor)
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ON OCTOBER 15, 1990, I WAS STAYING in upper middle-class South Delhi, awaiting a flight south to Madras, when Rama's chariot procession (Rath Yatra) came through town.
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Today, powerful political forces seek to make the Indian state Hindu. Their rising influence since 1980 has occurred during a period of radical change in Indian society and politics, and has been accomplished by electoral means as well as by organized violence. The 1996 elections will be a major test of their power and of the influence of Hindu majoritarianism among the Indian electorate. Animated by a sense of urgency that was heightened by the massive violence following the destruction of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, Contesting the Nation explores Hindu majoritarian politics over the last century and its dramatic reformulation during the decline of the Congress Party in the 1980s. Twelve prominent scholars from India, Europe, and the United States provide perspectives from the fields of political science, religious studies, ethnomusicology, history, art history, and anthropology, comparing trends in India with ethnic, religious, and cultural movements in other parts of the world.
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- Title Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India
- Author David Ludden (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 360
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
- Date 1996-04-01
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780812215854 / 0812215850
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.03 x 6.03 x 0.91 in (22.94 x 15.32 x 2.31 cm)
- Reading level 1490
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Library of Congress subjects Nationalism - Religious aspects - Hinduism, Hinduism and politics - India
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95052811
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.954
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