THE TWILIGHT OF CERTITUDES: SECULARISM, HINDU NATIONALISM, AND OTHER MARKS OF DECULTURATION

In: Socialism and democracy: the bulletin of the Research Group on Socialism and Democracy, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 157-176

Abstract

THE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS THREEFOLD: 1) TO SYSTEMATIZE SOME AVAILABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE PROBLEM OF ETHNIC AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AISA; 2) TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HINDU NATIONALISM IS NOT AN EXTREME FORM OF HINDUISM BUT A MODERNIST CREED THAT SEEKS TO RETOOL HINDUISM; 3) TO HINT AT AN APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN A DEMOCRATIC POLITY.