{"product_id":"the-god-market-how-globalization-is-making-india-more-hindu-9781583672501","title":"The God Market: How Globalization Is Making India More Hindu","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Meera Nanda\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Monthly Review Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Monthly Review Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hinduism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConventional wisdom says that integration into the global marketplace tends to weaken the power of traditional faith in developing countries. But, as Meera Nanda argues in this path-breaking book, this is hardly the case in today's India. Against expectations of growing secularism, India has instead seen a remarkable intertwining of Hinduism and neoliberal ideology, spurred on by a growing capitalist class. It is this \"State-Temple-Corporate Complex,\" she claims, that now wields decisive political and economic power, and provides ideological cover for the dismantling of the Nehru-era state-dominated economy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e According to this new logic, India's rapid economic growth is attributable to a special \"Hindu mind,\" and it is what separates the nation's Hindu population from Muslims and others deemed to be \"anti-modern.\" As a result, Hindu institutions are replacing public ones, and the Hindu \"revival\" itself has become big business, a major source of capital accumulation. Nanda explores the roots of this development and its possible future, as well as the struggle for secularism and socialism in the world's second-most populous country.","brand":"Monthly Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46866515361943,"sku":"9781583672501","price":8277.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781583672501.webp?v=1769982413","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-god-market-how-globalization-is-making-india-more-hindu-9781583672501","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}