Decolonising The Hindu Mind - Ideological Development of Hindu Revivalism by Koenraad Elst


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ProductID: 8181 - Paperback - 657 Pages (Year: 2007)
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Amidst the umpteen number of works available on Hindu revivalism, this work stands out with its clear focus and clarity of thought.

The ideological dimension of the Hindu revivalism has been mostly misrepresented or rather neglected in the ongoing debates on the subject. Thoroughly analyzing the ideological statements of its advocates and their critique of the existing secular order, Dr. Koenraad Elst provides an overview of the ideas animating the movement.

A period of rapid political changes that witnessed the rise of the BJP with only 2 Lok Sabha seats in 1984 to have 179 seats that enabled it to form a coalition government at the Center in 1998 is the focus of the study.

About the Author

Dr. Koenraad Elst grew up in a Catholic family in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. After a brief juvenile flirt with Marxism he was drawn to exploring the spiritual domain, especially through Asian philosophies and disciplines like Aikido, Taijiquan and Yoga.

While doing research in Indian philosophy at Benares Hindu University, he started taking an interest in the ongoing Rushdie and Ayodhya controversies and the larger debate on secularism. He published several books on the historical Ayodhya file. He earned his doctorate in 1998 at Catholic University Leuven with a dissertation on the Ideological development of Hindu nationalism.

A married man and father of four, he is currently working as a free-lance scholar and columnist.

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