The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's FutureWhile America is focused on religious militancy and terrorism in the Middle East, democracy has been under siege from religious extremism in another critical part of the world. As Nussbaum reveals in this penetrating look at India today, the forces of the Hindu right pose a disturbing threat to its democratic traditions and secular state. Nussbaum's long-standing professional relationship with India makes her an excellent guide to its recent history. |
Contents
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The Human Face of the Hindu Right | 52 |
Tagore Gandhi Nehru | 80 |
A Democracy of Pluralism Respect Equality | 122 |
The Rise of the Hindu Right | 152 |
Fantasies of Purity and Domination | 186 |
The Assault on History | 211 |
The Education Wars | 264 |
The Diaspora Community | 302 |
The Clash Within | 330 |
Chronology | 339 |
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations | 345 |
Notes | 347 |
Index | 383 |
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Page 121 - WE, THE PEOPLE of INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens : JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship ; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among- them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity of the Nation...
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Page 131 - The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation.
Page 44 - Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children...
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