LEADER 04015nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910455024603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-0341-1 010 $a9786612457852 010 $a1-4008-2305-6 010 $a1-282-45785-3 010 $a1-4008-1198-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823055 035 $a(CKB)111056486499216 035 $a(EBL)537679 035 $a(OCoLC)700686925 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537679 035 $a(OCoLC)51321282 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41454 035 $a(DE-B1597)446177 035 $a(OCoLC)979754536 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823055 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537679 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031927 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245785 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486499216 100 $a19981016d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe saffron wave$b[electronic resource] $edemocracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India /$fThomas Blom Hansen 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-00671-7 311 $a0-691-00670-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction. Hindu Nationalism and Democracy in India --$t1. Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in India --$t2. Imagining the Hindu Nation --$t3. Organizing the Hindu Nation --$t4. Democracy, Populism, and Governance in India in the 1980's --$t5. The Saffron Wave --$t6. Communal Identities at the Heart of the Nation --$t7. Hindu Nationalism, Democracy, and Globalization --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here he analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. Rather than interpreting Hindu nationalism as a mainly religious phenomenon, or a strictly political movement, Hansen places the BJP within the context of the larger transformations of democratic governance in India. Hansen demonstrates that democratic transformation has enabled such developments as political mobilization among the lower castes and civil protections for religious minorities. Against this backdrop, the Hindu nationalist movement has successfully articulated the anxieties and desires of the large and amorphous Indian middle class. A form of conservative populism, the movement has attracted not only privileged groups fearing encroachment on their dominant positions but also "plebeian" and impoverished groups seeking recognition around a majoritarian rhetoric of cultural pride, order, and national strength. Combining political theory, ethnographic material, and sensitivity to colonial and postcolonial history, The Saffron Wave offers fresh insights into Indian politics and, by focusing on the links between democracy and ethnic majoritarianism, advances our understanding of democracy in the postcolonial world. 606 $aHinduism and politics$zIndia 606 $aNationalism$xReligious aspects$xHinduism 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1977- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHinduism and politics 615 0$aNationalism$xReligious aspects$xHinduism. 676 $a294.5/5/0954 700 $aHansen$b Thomas Blom$f1958-$0276734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455024603321 996 $aThe saffron wave$92454338 997 $aUNINA