TY  - GEN
T1  - The Saffron Wave : Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India.
A1  - Hansen, Thomas Blom
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2001
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn700686925
AB  - The 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.
OP  - 300
CN  - BL1215.P65H36 1999
SN  - 9781400823055
SN  - 1400823056
SN  - 1282457853
SN  - 9781282457850
SN  - 9780691006710
KW  - Hinduism and politics : India.
KW  - Nationalism : Religious aspects : Hinduism.
KW  - India : Politics and government : 1977-
KW  - Hindouisme et politique : Inde.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Process : Political Parties.
KW  - RELIGION : Hinduism : General.
KW  - Hinduism and politics
KW  - Nationalism : Religious aspects : Hinduism
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - India
KW  - Since 1977
ER  -