Sangit Kumar Ragi

RSS and Gandhi (eBook, PDF)

The Idea of India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationship between Gandhi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-a right-wing Indian organisation and discusses their relevance in India's history and the socio-political discourse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040254974
• Artikelnr.: 72261226

Autorenporträt

Sangit Kumar Ragi is Professor and a former head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi, India. His academic journey spans over three decades of teaching and research experience at the University of Delhi. His areas of research range from ethnic conflicts in Indian politics to public policy and Indian political thought. He is the founding editor of the journal; Indian Studies Review. He was a member of the Apex Review Committee for the Prime Ministers Museum in New Delhi. He is also a consultant for a joint project by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and the Syama Prasad Mukherjee Foundation to publish the Selected Works of Syama Prasad Mukherjee.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vi Introduction 1 1 Gandhi and the RSS on the Indian Nation 10 2
Reflections on Hinduism 33 3 Response to Religious Conversion in India 58 4
Reforming the Hindu Social Order: Caste and Untouchability Questions 89 5
Gandhi and the RSS: Searching for a National Language in India 124 6 In
Defense of Cow Protection 150 7 Swadeshi: Beyond the Economic
Reconstruction of India 171 8 Hindu-Muslim Relations and Minority Questions
194 9 Critique of Western Industrial Civilization 228 Conclusion 244
Bibliography 253 Index 265