9781859849217
The Furies of Indian Communalism: Religion, Modernity and Secularization
Achin Vanaik
ISBN 13: 9781859849217
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
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"The Furies Of Indian Communalism: Religion, Modernity And Secularization" is a powerful and rigorous analysis of the growing phenomenon of Hindu communalism which currently threatens to tear India apart. Placing the politics of Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim hatred in a global context, Achin Vanaik explains the specific nature and modernity of communalism, distinguishing it both from fascism and from merely religious extremism. In defending both the reality and the desirability of the secularization of Indian state and society, he engages in a rich and subtle examination of the relationship between religion and culture, critically appraising the insightful contributions of Emile Durkheim, Charles Taylor and Anthony Giddens to questions of identity and modernity. Whilst rejecting simplistic readings of religion as nothing but ideology, Vanaik is scathing about the postmodernists and cultural essentialists who assert the inescapable centrality of religion to Indian culture and society. Moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future, the possible obstacles to the development of communalism, and the forces that exist on the Left which might be brought into alliance to halt the march of chauvinism. "The Furies Of Indian Communalism" is an important and valued contribution to political and cultural studies of the Indian sub-continent.
Midwest Book Review, June 1997
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