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RSS and Gandhi: The Idea of India

by Sangit Kumar Ragi
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781041035404
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 228
  • Original Price: INR 1295.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 500 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): N/A

This book explores the relationship between Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and discusses their relevance in India’s history and socio-political discourse. It looks back at the Indian independence movement and the key debates and issues that the country was confronted with in the early 1900s that continue to be relevant today. These include the practice of untouchability, tensions and conflicts between communities, the treatment of minorities and the marginalized, debates on the ideology of Hindutva, religious conversion, questions on the cultural and civilizational identity of India, and responses to Western modernity. This book discusses the ideological differences between Gandhi and the RSS while also focusing on areas where they converged. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and academics working in the areas of modern Indian history, political science and philosophy. It will also be interesting to general readers curious about Gandhi and the RSS.

Professor at the University of Delhi for more than twenty-five years, Sangit Kumar Ragi is at present the Head of the Department of Political Science. He teaches public administration, Indian politics and Indian political thought. His areas of research include demographic changes, ethnic conflicts and nationalism. He is also a member of the 'Content Review Committee' constituted by the Ministry of Culture for the project 'Prime Ministers Museum'. Professor Ragi is a popular television commentator on Indian politics and contributes articles for print and online news portals. He is editor-in-chief of Indian Studies Review published from Delhi. His book RSS and Gandhi: The Idea of India published in 2022 was well received.

Preface

  1. Introduction
  2. Gandhi and the RSS on the Indian Nation
  3. Reflections on Hinduism
  4. Response to Religious Conversion in India
  5. Reforming the Hindu Social Order: Caste and Untouchability Questions
  6. Gandhi and the RSS: Searching for a National Language in India
  7. In Defense of Cow Protection
  8. Swadeshi: Beyond the Economic Reconstruction of India
  9. Hindu–Muslim Relations and Minority Questions
  10. Critique of Western Industrial Civilization
  11. Conclusion
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index

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