Description
Approaches contemporary Hindutva as an example of a democratic authoritarianism or an authoritarian populism.
About the Author
Thomas Blom Hansen is the Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He founded and directed Stanford's Center for South Asia from 2010 to 2017. He is an anthropologist of political life, ethno-religious identities, violence and urban life in South Asia and Southern Africa. He has multiple theoretical and disciplinary interests from political theory and continental philosophy to psychoanalysis, comparative religion and contemporary urbanism. Srirupa Roy heads the research group 'State and Democracy' at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) at Georg-August-Universitat, Goettingen. She currently serves on the steering committee and advisory board of the Inter-Asia Program at the Social Science Research Council (New York). Her research interests include nationalism and the politics of identity; comparative-historical dynamics of state formation and transformation; and democratic politics and economic liberalization.
Book Information
ISBN 9781009100489
Author Thomas Blom Hansen
Format Hardback
Page Count 330
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 23mm