Reading for today -- Online Hindutva as a global right-wing counterpublic.
Dr. Chopra argues that the Hindu Right, as a far right movements, follows a politics of grievance in understanding itself excluded from public life and creating its own ecosystem.
tif.ssrc.org/2022/10/12/onl…
Dr. Chopra argues that the Hindu Right, as a far right movements, follows a politics of grievance in understanding itself excluded from public life and creating its own ecosystem.
tif.ssrc.org/2022/10/12/onl…
So, if you're looking for a theory that helps explains how viral WhatsApp forwards, ill-informed tweets, and blatantly false ideas about Hindu texts and Indian history inform vicious right-wing sensibilities in Hindu nationalist circles -- This is your article.
Dr. Chopra notes parallels between Hindu supremacists and white supremacists--
Both espouse a Great Replacement Theory. Both embrace a "civilizational war" view. More recently, Hindu supremacists have borrowed the conspiracy idea of a "deep state" from other far right movements.
Both espouse a Great Replacement Theory. Both embrace a "civilizational war" view. More recently, Hindu supremacists have borrowed the conspiracy idea of a "deep state" from other far right movements.
This ending:
"It is imperative that Hindu nationalism be identified for what it is: a violent right-wing majoritarian ideology that cynically speaks the language of minority victimhood."
Analyzing Hindutva as part of a wider global trend of far-right counterpublics is one step.
"It is imperative that Hindu nationalism be identified for what it is: a violent right-wing majoritarian ideology that cynically speaks the language of minority victimhood."
Analyzing Hindutva as part of a wider global trend of far-right counterpublics is one step.
Link to the full article -- tif.ssrc.org/2022/10/12/onl…
#Hindutva #RightWing #WhiteSupremacy #scholarship
#Hindutva #RightWing #WhiteSupremacy #scholarship
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
