{"product_id":"the-god-market-9781583672501","title":"The God Market","description":"\u003cp\u003eConventional wisdom says that integration into the global marketplace tends to weaken the power of traditional faith in developing countries. But, as Meera Nanda argues in this path-breaking book, this is hardly the case in today’s India. Against expectations of growing secularism, India has instead seen a remarkable intertwining of Hinduism and neoliberal ideology, spurred on by a growing capitalist class. It is this “State-Temple-Corporate Complex,” she claims, that now wields decisive political and economic power, and provides ideological cover for the dismantling of the Nehru-era state-dominated economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e According to this new logic, India’s rapid economic growth is attributable to a special “Hindu mind,” and it is what separates the nation’s Hindu population from Muslims and others deemed to be “anti-modern.” As a result, Hindu institutions are replacing public ones, and the Hindu “revival” itself has become big business, a major source of capital accumulation. Nanda explores the roots of this development and its possible future, as well as the struggle for secularism and socialism in the world’s second-most populous country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meera Nanda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272902586619,"sku":"9781583672501","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_2e554bb0-9e68-49e5-83ef-6ba1b1f01b2e.jpg?v=1770991548","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-god-market-9781583672501","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}