Fascism and Corporations in ‘New' India

This volume examines how the rise of Hindutva to power is linked to the interests of large corporations in neoliberal India. It interprets Hindutva as a fascist force and as a capitalist counter-revolution wearing a popular mask that demands a repressive imposition of order to facilitate accumulation. The book delves into different aspects of the relationship between Hindutva and large corporations. Various chapters cast in high relief how the fascist shields of religion and nationalism are deployed to further corporate profiteering. This book is also a reminder that fascism has inherent limitations and is incapable of resolving crises that give rise to it. However, its ascendance, albeit temporary, is causing widespread destruction. The volume argues that fascist destruction in contemporary India can only be effectively restricted by containing the ravages of neoliberalism and corporate loot.

List of contents

1. Introduction Rohit Varman and Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil; 2. The Economic Origins of Hindu Supremacism Marzia Casolari; 3. The Corporate State of Hindutva Radhika Desai; 4. Finance Capital, Neoliberalism and Neofascism Prabhat Patnaik; 5. Communalization, Fascization and Businesses Anand Teltumbde; 6. Populism, Fascism, Neoliberalism Ajay Gudavarthy and Vijay Gudavarthy; 7. The Challenges of Combating Fascism in India Arvind Narrain; 8. Brahmanical Hindutva, Corporate Dispossession, and State Violence Ashok Kumbamu; 9. The Political Challenges Hindutva May Face in the Years to Come Amit Shrivastava; 10. Bollywood, Hindu Nationalism, and the Fascist State Rohit Chopra; 11. The Distributed Sovereignty of Fascist Violence Rohit Varman; 12. Business During the Erosion of Liberal Democracy in Modi's India Daniel Kinderman; 13. The Making of Ram ke Naam Anand Patwardhan.

Product details

• Assisted by: Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil (Editor), Varman Rohit (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.10.2025
• EAN: 9781009605557
• ISBN: 978-1-009-60555-7
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Capitalism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, India, Political Economy, Economic systems & structures, Development Studies, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies