Against the Nation
Against the Nation

Author: Sasanka Perera

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-12-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 938981233X

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Against the Nation invites readers to explore South Asia as a place and as an idea with a sense of reflection and nuance rather than submitting to conventional understanding of the region merely in geopolitical terms. The authors take the readers across a vast terrain of prospects like visual culture, music, film, knowledge systems and classrooms, myth and history as well as forms of politics that offer possibilities for reading South Asia as a collective enterprise that has historical precedents as well as untapped ideological potential for the future.

One Nation, One Dharma
One Nation, One Dharma

Author: Dr. Honey Makhija

Publisher: Authors Click Publishing

Published: 2024-10-25

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9366656978

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One Nation, One Dharma: The Hindu Claim to India is a bold and thought-provoking exploration of what it means for India to embrace its Dharmic identity. Through 40 captivating chapters, the book delves into the heart of Bharat’s civilization, unraveling the ancient concept of Dharma and its profound relevance in the modern world. It examines how Dharma serves as the invisible thread that binds the nation’s diversity and guides its values, culture, and politics. This book takes readers on a journey through history, philosophy, and modern Indian society—addressing topics like Hinduism’s foundational role, the challenges of secularism, the impact of colonial rule, and the rise of a Dharmic political consciousness. With humor, sharp analysis, and a visionary tone, it argues for a future where India reclaims its spiritual and cultural identity to become a beacon of unity, justice, and strength. Written in an engaging style that blends scholarly insight with accessible storytelling, One Nation, One Dharma is a powerful call for Bharat to awaken to its true potential and lead the world with its unique values. It’s a book that every Indian, and anyone interested in India’s future, must read.

Everyday Nationalism
Everyday Nationalism

Author: Kalyani Devaki Menon

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2011-07-06

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0812202791

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Hindu nationalism has been responsible for acts of extreme violence against religious minorities and is a dominant force on the sociopolitical landscape of contemporary India. How does such a violent and exclusionary movement recruit supporters? How do members navigate the tensions between the normative prescriptions of such movements and competing ideologies? To understand the expansionary power of Hindu nationalism, Kalyani Menon argues, it is critical to examine the everyday constructions of politics and ideology through which activists garner support at the grassroots level. Based on fieldwork with women in several Hindu nationalist organizations, Menon explores how these activists use gendered constructions of religion, history, national insecurity, and social responsibility to recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds. As Hindu nationalism extends its reach to appeal to increasingly diverse groups, she explains, it is forced to acknowledge a multiplicity of positions within the movement. She argues that Hindu nationalism's willingness to accommodate dissonance is central to understanding the popularity of the movement. Everyday Nationalism contends that the Hindu nationalist movement's power to attract and maintain constituencies with incongruous beliefs and practices is key to its growth. The book reveals that the movement's success is facilitated by its ability to become meaningful in people's daily lives, resonating with their constructions of the past, appealing to their fears in the present, presenting itself as the protector of the country's citizens, and inventing traditions through the use of Hindu texts, symbols, and rituals to unite people in a sense of belonging to a nation.

The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific
The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific

Author: Timothy Doyle

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0198739524

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In the 21st century, the Indo-Pacific region has become the new centre of the world. The concept of the 'Indo-Pacific', though still under construction, is a potentially 'pivotal' site, where various institutions and intellectuals of statecraft are seeking common ground on which to anchor new regional coalitions, alliances. and allies to better serve their respective national agendas. This book explores the 'Indo-Pacific' as an ambiguous and hotly contested regional security construction. It critically examines the major drivers behind the revival of classical geopolitical concepts and their deployment through different national lenses. The book also analyses the presence of India and the U.S in the Indo-Pacific, and the manner in which China has reacted to their positions in the Indo-Pacific to date. It suggests that national constructions of the Indo-Pacific region are more informed by domestic political realities, anti-Chinese bigotries, distinctive properties of 21st century U.S hegemony, and narrow nation-statist sentiments rather than genuine pan-regional aspirations. The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific argues that the spouting of contested depictions of the Indo-Pacific region depend on the fixed geo-strategic lenses of nation-states, but what is also important is the re-emergence of older ideas - a class conceptual revival - based on early to mid-20th century geopolitical ideas in many of these countries. The book deliberately raises the issue of the sea and constructions of 'nature', as these symbols are indispensable parts of many of these Indo-Pacific regional narratives. Despite the existence of diverse nation-statist, pan- and sub-regional discourses, the narratives of the most powerful states still dominate 21st century Indo-Pacific statecraft. The term 'Indo-Pacific' has the potential of unsettling various existing bilateral and multilateral geopolitical equations within the Indian Ocean region. Despite substantial heterogeneity in Indo-Pacific regional imaginations, the most dominant 'stories' and 'maps' are crafted and disseminated by the most dominant nation -in this case, the U.S- as it grapples with new ways of retaining its hegemony into the 21st century.

History in a Post-Truth World
History in a Post-Truth World

Author: Marius Gudonis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1000198227

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History in a Post-Truth World: Theory and Praxis explores one of the most significant paradigm shifts in public discourse. A post-truth environment that appeals primarily to emotion, elevates personal belief, and devalues expert opinion has important implications far beyond Brexit or the election of Donald Trump, and has a profound impact on how history is produced and consumed. Post-truth history is not merely a synonym for lies. This book argues that indifference to historicity by both the purveyor and the recipient, contempt for expert opinion that contradicts it, and ideological motivation are its key characteristics. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this work explores some of the following questions: What exactly is post-truth history? Does it represent a new phenomenon? Does the historian have a special role to play in preserving public memory from ‘alternative facts’? Do academics more generally have an obligation to combat fake news and fake history both in universities and on social media? How has a ‘post-truth culture’ impacted professional and popular historical discourse? Looking at theoretical dimensions and case studies from around the world, this book explores the violent potential of post-truth history and calls on readers to resist.

The Sovereign Lives of India and Pakistan
The Sovereign Lives of India and Pakistan

Author: Atul Mishra

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 0190993073

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The Sovereign Lives of India and Pakistan explores what it has meant for the two countries to act as sovereign states entangled at birth by an unsatisfactory partition. Sovereignty is conventionally understood as a means to achieve the goals that states set for themselves. This book argues that for India and Pakistan, sovereignty has become an end in itself, and that its pursuit has aided majoritarianism, insecurity, and mutual estrangement. It examines the trajectory of three problems that the partition of 1947 bequeathed to the two states. It investigates the state–minority relations, national identity debates, and contestation over Kashmir to outline the parallel processes of minoritization, homogenization, and territorialization. It shows how these processes signify the two states' quest for sovereignty. The scholarship on India and Pakistan often privileges their bilateral relations. In contrast, the author carries out the deeper task of a single-frame analysis and critique of their intertwined statehoods. Ultimately, the book shows the inadequacy of the nation-state form as the basis for political community in the subcontinent. It concludes by pointing to the contemporary relevance of alternative ideas of sovereignty and political community in South Asia that were articulated during the first half of the 20th century.

Terrorism in Youth Popular Culture
Terrorism in Youth Popular Culture

Author: Martin Claar

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2024-11-05

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1666963267

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As an integral part of the modern West, terrorism features prominently in the news, in film and television, even in video games and books. Packaged for public consumption, representations of terrorism and terrorists offer attempts to make sense of the contemporary experience. While terrorism is often treated as a topic of concern for mature audiences, this book focuses on media that are aimed at children and young adults. The contributors investigate the way terrorism is portrayed in movies, television shows, literature, games, and other popular culture formats aimed at these younger audiences, focusing particularly on the impact these portrayals have on these audiences as future decision-makers.

The RSS
The RSS

Author: Chinmaya Saxena , Ayushman Singh

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2023-12-27

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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This book is an ambitious undertaking, aiming to encapsulate the centurylong journey of the Sangh and delve into its internal organizational dynamics. It seeks to elucidate how the organization has reached its current stature. Interestingly, many proponents and critics of the Sangh engage in debates without an indepth understanding of the organization itself. This book strives to bridge that knowledge gap, shedding light on how the Sangh operates and detailing its evolution from 1925 to the present day. It also provides brief profiles of the Sangh Parivar organizations and prominent personalities associated with Hindutva and the Sangh. The book is penned on the occasion of the Sangh's impending centenary in 2025, celebrating and commemorating its remarkable journey throughout the years. Chinmaya Saxena & Ayushman Singh present a blend of past milestones, present achievements and future ideas of the Sangh, the Book is tribute to the Sangh's extraordinary journey over the decades. It delves into the fundamental values, principles, and profound significance the organization holds within the Bharatiya culture. Salient Features of the Book · Commemorates the Journey of 100 Years of the Sangh · Covers all Significant events of the Sangh since its formation · Presents an Overview of the Sangh from 1925 Till present · Multidimensional Coverage and Analysis. · Brief Profiles of Prominent Personalities of the Sangh · Year Wise Chronology of the Sangh