Saffron Republic: Hindu Nationalism and State Power in India

Saffron Republic: Hindu Nationalism and State Power in India
Saffron Republic examines the phenomenon of contemporary Hindu nationalism or ‘new Hindutva’ that is presently the dominant ideological and political-electoral formation in India. There is a rich body of work on Hindu nationalism, but its main focus is on an earlier moment of insurgent movement politics in the 1980s and 1990s. In contrast, new Hindutva is a governmental formation that converges with wider global currents and enjoys mainstream acceptance. To understand these new political forms and their implications for democratic futures, a fresh set of reflections is in order. This book approaches contemporary Hindutva as an example of a democratic authoritarianism or an authoritarian populism, a politics that simultaneously advances and violates ideas and practices of popular and
constitutional democracy.

Author/Editor

Edited by - Thomas Blom Hansen and Srirupa Roy

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

978-1-009-10048-9

Publication date

1 Jan 2022 – 30 Nov 2022

Specialisation

Social Sciences

Theme

Society
Religion
National politics
Human Rights
Economy

Region

South Asia
India