Cultural Entrenchment of Hindutva: Local Mediations and Forms of Convergence by Daniela Berti, Nicolas Jaoul and Pralay Kanungo

may 19th, 2011 CE

i have no idea what the book or the authors are like, this just came to my mailbox. anybody with an opinion? and no, i am not advertising it, nor have i any commercial interest in the book or the publisher. just curious

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From: Bhardwaj, Sonali <Sonali.Bhardwaj@tandfindia.com>
Date: Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Subject: Cultural Entrenchment of Hindutva: Local Mediations and Forms of Convergence by Daniela Berti, Nicolas Jaoul and Pralay Kanungo
To: "Bhardwaj, Sonali" <Sonali.Bhardwaj@tandfindia.com>

978-0-415-67799-8, Price: Rs 795, 356pp, Hardback May 2011  Sociology, Social Policy, Politics, International Relations, History and Cultural Studies ABOUT THE BOOK: The book reflects on the discreet influence of Hindutva in situations/places outside or at the margins of its organisational and mobilisational arena, where people denying any commitment to the Sangh Parivar incidentally show affinities and parallelisms with its discourse and practice. By starting with the notion of entrenchment, this study reconsiders how Hindutva is affecting a wide range of social, cultural and religious milieus in contemporary India. The contributors analyse Hindutva's entrenchment, emphasising on the ethnography of the forms of mediation and/or convergence produced in certain contexts. The 11 case studies highlight three different dynamics of Hindutva's cultural entrenchment. The first section gathers cases where RSS-affiliated organisations have set up specific cultural or artistic programmes at the regional level, involving the meditation of local people whose interest in these programmes does not necessarily mean that they endorse the Hindutva agenda completely. The next section deals with convergence and refers to cases where the followers gather around a charismatic personality, whose precepts and practice may bring them towards a closer affinity with the Hindutva programme. The last section deals with the contexts of resistance, where social milieus engaged in opposing Hindutva may, in fact, paradoxically, and even inadvertently, imbibe some of its ideas and practices in order to contest its claims.   ABOUT The EDITORS: Daniela Berti is Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris and at the research unit, Centre for Himalayan Studies, Villejuif, France. Nicolas Jaoul is a researcher in Anthropology at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, Paris), affiliated to the Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur les Enjeux Sociaux (IRIS, EHESS). Pralay Kanungo is Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. FOR THE SHELF OF: The volume will be of interest to academics and students of sociology, social policy, politics, international relations, history and cultural studies. CONTRIBUTORS: Daniela Berti | Christine Guillebaud | Djallal G. Heuzé | Anne-Cécile Hoyez | Nicolas Jaoul | Pralay Kanungo | Lucia Michelutti | Christine Moliner | Frédérique Pagani | Gérard Toffin | Raphaël Voix CONTENTS: Introduction PART I: Hindutva-affi liated Organisations and Local Mediators 1. Music and Politics in Kerala: Hindu Nationalists Versus Marxists 2. The Local Enactment of Hindutva: Writing Stories on Local Gods in Himachal Pradesh 3. Casting Community, Culture and Faith: Hindutva's Entrenchment in Arunachal Pradesh 4. The Shakha and the Mandal: The Shiv Sena, 'Popular Culture' and People's Associations in Mumbai PART II: Convergence, Gurus and Sects 5. Health, Yoga and the Nation: Dr Karandikar and the Yoga Therapy Centre, Pune, Maharashtra 6. On the Margins of Hindutva: The Krishna Pranâmî Sect in Nepal and India 7. In the Image of Jhulelal: Sindhi Hindus, Humanitarian Action and Hindu Nationalism 8. Social Services, Muscular Hinduism and Implicit Militancy in West Bengal: The Case of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha PART III: Entrenchment amidst Resistance 9. The Symbolism of Krishna in Uttar Pradesh Politics in the 1990s: Understanding the 'Normalisation' of Hindutva in North India 10. Casting the 'Sweepers': Local Politics of Sanskritisation, Caste and Labour 11. The Boa and its Petty Enemy: Contemporary Relationships between Hindu Nationalists and the Sikhs   Routledge India Originals: Making Ideas Travel World Wide In order to receive regular alerts about our new and forthcoming series, please send a blank email with the subject line: Yes, I am interested in regular updates and send it to marketing@tandfindia.com Routledge - an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books - is committed to publishing quality social science books and journals across the world, catering to the highest standards of academic excellence. Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd. 912 Tolstoy House, 15-17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001 Tel.: +91 (11) 4315 5100, Fax: +91 (11) 2371 2132   Copyright © 2011, Taylor & Francis Group. All Rights reserved.

 

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