Messengers of Hindu Nationalism: How the Rss Reshaped India

by Shridhar D. Damle and Walter K. Andersen

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a Hindu nationalist volunteer organization. It is also the parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Modi was himself a career RSS office-holder, or pracharak. This book explores how the RSS and its affiliates have benefitted from India's economic development and concurrent social dislocation, with rapid modernization creating a sense of rootlessness, disrupting traditional hierarchies,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787380254
• ISBN13: 9781787380257
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"