Religious Nationalism in a Global Age

Sneha Annavarapu
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Journal of Developing Societies, 2015, vol. 31, issue 1, 125-146

Abstract: This article attempts to present an understanding of the current discussions regarding religious nationalism in a global framework in order to solicit two themes in the case of Hindu Nationalism and revivalism. One, the conflict of interest that arises between globalization as a “means†and as an “end†; two, the implications of network societies and the politics of marginalization. Globalization is looked at from two ends of a spectrum—as an end product versus as a process in itself. This distinction between theorizing globalization as an end or as a means to an end has been made by scholars such as Robertson and White (2007). However, its implications for religious nationalism have not been explored exhaustively. Furthermore, the analysis of Hindu nationalism and revivalism as a peripheral dynamic in the Western nations needs to be problematized in this regard.

Keywords: globalization; religious nationalism; India; network society; Hindutva; diaspora (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X14562943

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