TY - BOOK AU - Hansen,Thomas Blom TI - The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India SN - 9781400823055 AV - BL1215.P65H36 1999 U1 - 294.5/5/0954324.254082 PY - 2001/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Hinduism and politics KW - India KW - Nationalism KW - Religious aspects KW - Hinduism KW - Hindouisme et politique KW - Inde KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Process KW - Political Parties KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - 1977- N1 - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents N2 - The rise of strong nationalist and religious movements in postcolonial and newly democratic countries alarms many Western observers. In The Saffron Wave, Thomas Hansen turns our attention to recent events in the world's largest democracy, India. Here he analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. Rather than interpreting Hindu nationalism as a mainly religious phenomenon, or a strictly political movement, Hansen places the BJP within the context UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=350016 ER -