Secularism seems to require separation between religion and State. Regarding India, it would be better to speak of ‘equidistance’ between State and religious denominations. Nonetheless a ‘balanced treatment’ towards the religions leaves the question open as to what form that equidistance should take. This is the reason of some contradictions in today’s Indian social and political life. It is likely that without the Moghul and British domination Hinduism would not have acquired a militant identity. It was the ‘epiphany’ of well-armed, powerful ‘Others’ (Muslim, Christian or secular) which generated frustration and fear to such an extent that a religious nationalism (Hindutva) was born. Nehru and the Left of the Congress Party leadership thou...
Dealing with the key category of Hinduism imported from English linguistic habits (of “-isms’), some...
[...] Jaffrelot's essay traces the trajectory of the current crisis of Indian secularism, documentin...
This book has sought to map some of the relationships between religion, the state and advanced capit...
Nationalism and religion has been the subject of debate in India for the past few decades. Religion ...
Despite modernization and globalization being at the forefront of the society, religion still seems ...
After half a century of experiment with secular politics, India has finally gone fundamentalist, pre...
This article critically reviews the assumptions underlying state secularism in India since 1947 agai...
Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohandas Gandhi shared the view that India’s nationalism made secularism unnece...
In contrast to the rich theoretical discussion of secularism and the Indian state (Bhargava 1998), t...
The paper examines the rise of Hindu nationalism from both theoretical and practical perspectives. T...
The nationalist ambitions of individual leaders during the independence struggle, and the subsequent...
Indian democracy is fast recast as Hindu nationalism which neither honors the country’s constitution...
One of the most noteworthy developments in Indian politics is the occurrence of a phenomenon often d...
This article proceeds from a critical reading of the role of religion for nation-building in India. ...
During the last two decades India has witnessed a strange political scene. The discourse of politics...
Dealing with the key category of Hinduism imported from English linguistic habits (of “-isms’), some...
[...] Jaffrelot's essay traces the trajectory of the current crisis of Indian secularism, documentin...
This book has sought to map some of the relationships between religion, the state and advanced capit...
Nationalism and religion has been the subject of debate in India for the past few decades. Religion ...
Despite modernization and globalization being at the forefront of the society, religion still seems ...
After half a century of experiment with secular politics, India has finally gone fundamentalist, pre...
This article critically reviews the assumptions underlying state secularism in India since 1947 agai...
Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohandas Gandhi shared the view that India’s nationalism made secularism unnece...
In contrast to the rich theoretical discussion of secularism and the Indian state (Bhargava 1998), t...
The paper examines the rise of Hindu nationalism from both theoretical and practical perspectives. T...
The nationalist ambitions of individual leaders during the independence struggle, and the subsequent...
Indian democracy is fast recast as Hindu nationalism which neither honors the country’s constitution...
One of the most noteworthy developments in Indian politics is the occurrence of a phenomenon often d...
This article proceeds from a critical reading of the role of religion for nation-building in India. ...
During the last two decades India has witnessed a strange political scene. The discourse of politics...
Dealing with the key category of Hinduism imported from English linguistic habits (of “-isms’), some...
[...] Jaffrelot's essay traces the trajectory of the current crisis of Indian secularism, documentin...
This book has sought to map some of the relationships between religion, the state and advanced capit...