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In <i>The Saffron Wave,</i> 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 of the larger transformations of democratic governance in India.<br><br><br> Hansen demonstrates that democratic transformation has enabled such developments as political mobilization among the lower castes and civil protections for religious minorities. Against this backdrop, the Hindu nationalist movement has successfully articulated the anxieties and desires of the large and amorphous Indian middle class. A form of conservative populism, the movement has attracted not only privileged groups fearing encroachment on their dominant positions but also "plebeian" and impoverished groups seeking recognition around a majoritarian rhetoric of cultural pride, order, and national strength. Combining political theory, ethnographic material, and sensitivity to colonial and postcolonial history, <i>The Saffron Wave</i> offers fresh insights into Indian politics and, by focusing on the links between democracy and ethnic majoritarianism, advances our understanding of democracy in the postcolonial world.</p></div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"><form action=/books id=search_form style="margin:0px;padding:0px;" method=get> <input type=hidden name="redir_esc" value="y"><input type=hidden name="id" value="SAqn3OIGE54C"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="swv-table"><tr><td class="swv-td-search"><span><input id=search_form_input type=text maxlength=1024 class="text_flat swv-input-search" aria-label="Search in this book" name=q value="" title="Search inside" accesskey=i></span></td><td class="swv-td-space"><div> </div></td><td><input type=submit value="Search inside"></td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript">if (window['_OC_autoDir']) 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href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=argued&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>argued</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=articulated&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>articulated</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Arya+Samaj&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Arya Samaj</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=assertion&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>assertion</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Ayodhya&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Ayodhya</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Babri+Masjid&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Babri Masjid</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=became&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>became</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=BJP%E2%80%99s&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>BJP鈥檚</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=brahminical&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>brahminical</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=campaign&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>campaign</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=caste&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>caste</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=central&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>central</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=colonial&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>colonial</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Congress&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=constituency&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>constituency</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=construction&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>construction</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=decades&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>decades</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Delhi&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Delhi</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=democracy&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=democratic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>democratic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=dominant&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>dominant</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=elections&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>elections</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=electoral&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>electoral</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=elite&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>elite</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=emerged&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>emerged</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=forms&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>forms</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Gandhi&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Gandhi</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Gandhian&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Gandhian</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Golwalkar&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Golwalkar</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=groups&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>groups</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=hierarchies&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>hierarchies</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hindu+community&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Hindu community</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hindu+culture&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Hindu culture</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hindu+Mahasabha&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Hindu Mahasabha</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hindu+nationalism&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Hindu nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hindu+nationalist&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>Hindu nationalist</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hindu+nationalist+movement&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Hindu nationalist movement</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hinduism&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Hinduism</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Hindutva&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=historical&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>historical</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=ibid&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>ibid</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=identities&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>identities</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=ideological&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>ideological</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=institutions&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>institutions</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Islam&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Islam</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Jaffrelot&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Jaffrelot</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Jana+Sangh&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Jana Sangh</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Janata+party&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Janata party</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Kalwa&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Kalwa</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=kar+sevaks&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>kar sevaks</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=large+number&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>large number</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=leaders&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>leaders</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=leadership&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>leadership</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=lower-caste&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>lower-caste</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Maharashtra&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Maharashtra</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=majoritarian&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>majoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Mandal&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Mandal</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=masses&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>masses</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=middle+classes&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>middle classes</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=militant&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>militant</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=mobilization&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>mobilization</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=modern&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>modern</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=moral&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>moral</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Muslim&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Muslim</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Muslim+community&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Muslim community</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=myths&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>myths</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=nationalist+discourse&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>nationalist discourse</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=networks&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>networks</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=north+India&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>north India</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=organization&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>organization</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=orientalist&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>orientalist</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Patit+Pawan&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Patit Pawan</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=political+field&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>political field</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=popular&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>popular</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=populist&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>populist</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=postcolonial&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>postcolonial</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=practices&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>practices</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Pradesh&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Pradesh</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=produced&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>produced</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Pune&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Pune</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Ramjanmabhoomi&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Ramjanmabhoomi</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Ramjanmabhoomi+agitation&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Ramjanmabhoomi agitation</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=realm&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>realm</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=reform&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>reform</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=religious&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>religious</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=representation&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>representation</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=rhetoric&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>rhetoric</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=riots&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>riots</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=ritual&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>ritual</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Sangh+parivar&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Sangh parivar</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=Savarkar&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Savarkar</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=secular&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>secular</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&q=sense&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3" 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id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent><b>Thomas Blom Hansen</b> is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and International Development Studies at Roskilde University in Denmark.</div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Author</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Thomas+Blom+Hansen%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=5"><span dir=ltr>Thomas Blom Hansen</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Princeton University Press, 1999</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>1400823056, 9781400823055</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>304 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Religion%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Religion</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" 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