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The Greater India Experiment

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The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organiz...
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The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.

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Price: $32.00
Pages: 336
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Series: South Asia in Motion
Publication Date: 01 December 2020
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781503614222
Format: Paperback
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"This vivid ethnography of Hindu nationalist militants in Northeast India brings to life an encounter of contrary convictions. It explores how enthusiasts for the idea of a singular Indic identity feel forced to adapt their tactics in a region where this identity is soundly challenged. Subtle and surprising, this extraordinary study is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Hindu nationalist politics."—Willem van Schendel, University of Amsterdam
Arkotong Longkumer is Senior Lecturer in Modern Asia at the University of Edinburgh, and Senior Research Fellow at the Kohima Institute, Nagaland. He is the co-author of Indigenous Religion(s): Local Grounds, Global Networks (2020), and co-editor of Neo-Hindutva (2019).
2. The Northeast and Time's Relentless Melt
3. Hindutva Worldings: Whose Way of Life?
4. Prophecy and the Hindu State
5. Christian Hindu and Nationalizing Hindutva
6. Rani Gaidinliu: A Semiotic Challenge to the Nation-State
7. Citizenship, Elections, and the Bharatiya Janata Party
8. Hindutva Becoming and the Greater India Experiment