Hindutva
Hindutva
Non-Fiction Paperback English816 Pages
Hindutva: Origin, Evolution and Future studies Hindutva in both critical and holistic terms—an approach that is oft found missing in most studies on Hindutva, where a lot of critical knowledge has been left out either intentionally or out of ignorance. This omission has led to characterize Hindutva as a dangerous exclusivist majoritarian supremacist ideology. Hindutva is often studied like other extreme right-wing ideologies. However, the thesis presented in this book is built on the strong foundation that Hindutva is not an ideology but a historical-civilizational process. As such, it does not fit the expectations of any ideological framework.
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A significant definition of not the word Hindu but ‘Hindutva’ comes from Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) in his 1901 essay titled ‘Hindutva’.
It is obvious that Savarkar totally rejected the argument that the caste system was based on some kind of notions of inherited characters that ancient Indians had. He was not apologetic about caste as part of the Indian heritage. It was a great experiment but he observed that it was a failed experiment. And collective human knowledge has been enhanced by our failed experiment, he opined.
While Savarkar was for industrialization and mechanization, Gandhi was against it.
From the inscription of the Persian emperor Darius in the 4th century BCE to the Andhra inscription of 14th century CE, the term Hindu has had a consistent inner meaning of a cultural, spiritual and geographical nature.
It is often stated in certain academic circles and media that the Hindutva of Savarkar and the Hind Swaraj of Gandhi are diametrically opposite. While the former was masculine more modelled on the Western conception of nation-state, particularly akin to Italian and German nationalist models, Gandhian conception is more feminine, accommodative of diversity and rooted to Indian tradition.
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If you r a Hindu do buy it.
If you want amuniation in your armoury of facts, plz go for it.I haven't read anything more enlightening than this book on the subject.The depth that he provide the corpus with diligent effort is head bowing.Level of hard work and research that he puts with proper footnotes is laborious task he had undertaken.It's a huge a task to read the book bit believe me it's a gem.
- Priyul tiwari
- 17 January 2023
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Read this book and gift your friends also.
Author has spent lots of efforts for writting such a wonderful information in the book !Blindly go for this book If your Hindu !
- Pravin Umrikar
- 9 February 2023
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