Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear

The representation of the Muslims as threatening to India's body politic is central to the Hindu nationalist project of organizing a political movement and normalizing anti-minority violence. Adopting a critical ethnographic approach, this book identifies

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Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear

10.1057/9780230339545 - Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear, Dibyesh Anand

10.1057/9780230339545 - Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear, Dibyesh Anand

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Dibyesh Anand

10.1057/9780230339545 - Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear, Dibyesh Anand

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Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear

HINDU NATIONALISM IN INDIA AND THE POLITICS OF FEAR

Copyright © Dibyesh Anand, 2011. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978–0–230–60385–1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Anand, Dibyesh. Hindu nationalism in India and the politics of fear / Dibyesh Anand. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–0–230–60385–1 (alk. paper) 1. India—Politics and government—1977– 2. Hindus—India—Politics and government. 3. Hindutva. 4. Hinduism and politics—India. 5. Hinduism and state—India. I. Title. DS480.853.A49 2011 320.540954—dc22

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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by MPS Limited, A Macmillan Company First edition: November 2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. The author would like to thank the following for giving the permission to use ideas and sentences published previously as the following: Anand, Dibyesh (2009). “Hindutva: A Schizophrenic Nationalism,” Seminar 601. Available online at http://www.india-seminar.com/2009/601/601_dibyesh_ anand.htm Anand, Dibyesh (2008). “Porno-Nationalism and the Male Subject: An Ethnography of Hindu Nationalist Imagination in India,” in Jane Parpart and Marysia Zalewski (eds.), Rethinking the “Man” Question in International Politics. London: Zed. Anand, Dibyesh (2007). “Gendered Anxie