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020			_a9781503614222
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100			_aLongkumer, Arkotong _910595
245			_aThe greater India experiment: _bHindutva and the Northeast
260			_bStanford University Press _aCalifornia _c2021
300			_ax, 321
365			_aUSD _b30.00
520			_aThe assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.
650			_aNationalism _92712
650			_aInterfaith relations _91993
650			_aNortheastern India _98760
650			_aHinduism and politics _910269
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