Hindutva As Political Monotheism

In this genealogy of Hindu right-wing nationalism, Anustup Basu connects Carl Schmitt's notion of political theology to traditional theorems of Hindu sovereignty and nationhood, illustrating how Western and Indian theorists imagined a single Hindu political and religious people.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
1. Questions Concerning the Hindu Political  11
2. The Hindu Nation as Organism  28
3. The Indian Monotheism  89
4. Hindutva 2.0 as Advertised Monotheism  150
Notes  209
Bibliography  251
Index

About the author

Anustup Basu is Associate Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author of Bollywood in the Age of New Media: The Geo-televisual Aesthetic.

Summary

In this genealogy of Hindu right-wing nationalism, Anustup Basu connects Carl Schmitt's notion of political theology to traditional theorems of Hindu sovereignty and nationhood, illustrating how Western and Indian theorists imagined a single Hindu political and religious people.

Product details

• Authors: Anustup Basu
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781478010944
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-1094-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Hinduismus, Asiatische Geschichte, Politik und Staat, Indischer Subkontinent, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Religion - World Religions, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, RELIGION / Hinduism / History