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Purifying the nation : the Arya Samaj in Gujarat 1895-1930 [PDF]
, 2007 This article examines the impact of the Arya Samaj in Gujarat from 1895 to 1930. Although the founder of this body, Dayanand Saraswati, was from Gujarat, it proved less popular there initially than in the Punjab.
Hardiman, David
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Antinomies of Nativism: Understanding Decoloniality Theory's Affinities with the Global Far Right
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the peculiar conjuncture of decolonial theory and contemporary far‐right ideology. It argues that their shared fixation on the dualism of native and settler is immanent to the development of advanced capitalism, particularly the sharpening of its contradictory tendency to undermine labour as the source of value, and to ...
Aylin Bademsoy, Neil Larsen
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Building a 'Hindu Rashtra' through 'Seva'
, 2021 With the spectacular victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in India, the notion of Hindutva and Hindu nationalism have gained support. Malini Bhattacharjee explores the cultural appeal of the category of "seva" (service), one of the foundational pillars of
Bhattacharjee, Malini
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Identity Politics and Political Parties in India
Nation StateIndia is the country with the largest Hindu majority in the world. Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power, the leadership model in India has been directed at implementing the teachings of Hindu nationalism, which considers it essential to ...
IGAAG Dewi Sucitawathi Pinatih
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Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the Global North and elite spaces in the Global South, the concepts of Eurocentrism and decolonization have come to be associated primarily with identity and location rather than with capitalism and political economy. This article argues that the reason for this can be traced to what Samir Amin calls ‘inverted Eurocentrism’, which entails a
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
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‘Shining Indians’: Diaspora and Exemplarity in Bollywood
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2010 Commercial Hindi cinema plays a central role in the negotiation of national identity. For decades, the expatriate Indian served as a counter-example for acceptable behaviour, a living testimony of inappropriateness.
Ingrid Therwath
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Demystifying Decoloniality: Epistemic Rupture and Material Reality
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decolonial thought has become increasingly influential across the social sciences, foregrounding coloniality, epistemic injustice, ontological difference and pluriversality as alternatives to Western universalism. This Introduction to the Forum Debate ‘Debating Decolonial Thought’ critically examines the ‘decolonial turn’ in development ...
Sreerekha Sathi
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Dominant party rule, development, and the rise of Hindu nationalism in West Bengal
, 2021 To what extent does the BJP’s dramatic electoral success in West Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha election indicate a fundamental rupture in the state’s political party system? This chapter offers the first systematic exploration of this question.
Ray, Subhasish
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THE INCREASE OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN INDIA AND HINDUTVA
RUDN Journal of World History, 2015 India have enacted laws to restrict religious conversions low castes convert from Hinduism, the laws reinforce existing social categories by making it harder for people to change their identities.
O Leonidovna Solodkova
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Does Islamic Religiosity Constrain Liberal Democratic Attitudes?
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The relationship between Islam and democracy remains contested. Although some scholars argue that the two are inherently incompatible, others maintain that they can coexist harmoniously. Although the existing literature includes a growing number of empirical studies testing these competing claims, many are constrained by limitations in data ...
Zeki Sarigil
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