{"product_id":"m-s-golwalkar-the-rss-and-india","title":"M.S. Golwalkar, The RSS and India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jyotirmaya Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 16-01-2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e About the Book\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA CONCISE BUT IMPORTANT WORK THAT ALLOWS THE READER TO ENGAGE WITH THE POLITICS OF HINDUTVA AND ITS VARIOUS MANIFESTATIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SCENARIO.\u003cbr\u003e\nMadhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (1906–1973) was the second sarsanghchalak, or supreme guide, of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a position he held for thirty-three years. Though he was not its founder, he cast the organisation in his own image, and remains to this day the most influential ideologue not only of the RSS but also of all the organizations ‘inspired’ by it—including India's ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party.\u003cbr\u003e\nFocusing on the arguments delineated in the writings and speeches of Golwalkar, Jyotirmaya Sharma questions the assumptions upon which the ideologues and champions of Hindutva seek to establish a Hindu nation in India. As it highlights how much these arguments derive from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Indologists, and how closely they parallel Fascist ideology, the book unravels the confusion, intolerance and intellectual deficit that has gone into Hindu nationalist thinking. It comes to the conclusion that the politics of Hindu nationalism feeds on a dangerous concept of the nation state and a misunderstanding of the very idea of what Hinduism is and who a Hindu is. In doing so, the book also provides an opportunity to engage with the politics of Hindutva and its various manifestations in the contemporary political scenario.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nJyotirmaya Sharma is professor of political science at the University of Hyderabad, India. His other books include A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism; Terrifying Vision: M.S. Golwalkar, the RSS and India and an edited volume titled Grounding Morality: Freedom, Knowledge and the Plurality of Cultures (co-edited with A. Raghuramaraju). He has been a visiting fellow and lecturer at many prestigious universities and research centres, both in India and abroad. He has also held senior editorial positions at The Times of India and The Hindu from 1998–2006, and continues to write occasional columns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789395767699\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Context","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51105442398512,"sku":"VarietyBook_9789395767699","price":225.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/816fVPZwtDL.jpg?v=1773459308","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/m-s-golwalkar-the-rss-and-india","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}