Thе Clаsh Within: Dеmocrаcy, Rеligious Violеncе, аnd Indiааnd#8217;s Futurе
Publisher: Bеlknаp Prеss
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2009-01-15
List price: $18.95
While 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 Martha 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. Since long before the 2002 Gujarat riots--in which nearly two thousand Muslims were killed by Hindu extremists--the power of the Hindu right has been growing, threatening India’s hard-won constitutional practices of democracy, tolerance, an...