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The furies of Indian communalism : religion, modernity, and secularization

Moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future, the possible obstacles to the development of communalism, and the forces that exist on the Left which might be brought into alliance to halt the march of chauvinism
Print Book, English, 1997
Verso, London, 1997
ix, 374 pages ; 25 cm
9781859849217, 9781859840160, 1859849210, 1859840167
36066021
1. Introduction
2. Reflections on Communalism and Nationalism in India
3. Religion, Modernity, Secularization
4. Communalism, Hindutva, Anti-Secularists: The Conceptual Battleground
5. Situating the Threat of Hindu Communalism: Problems with the Fascist Paradigm
6. The Communalization of the Indian Polity