Title Identity and religion : foundations of anti-Islamism in India / Amalendu Misra

Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages) Contents Vivekananda's Hindu regeneration project -- Gandhi and political Hinduism -- Nehru-the sceptical secularist -- Savarkar's discourse on radical ethno-nationalism -- The legacy of British historiography Summary Amalendu Misra shows that while some eminent nationalist leaders were implacably hostile to Muslims, even wholly secular ones were uneasy with India's Muslim past and had a generally unfavourable disposition towards both Muslims and Islam. The book explicates this by focusing on the writings of Vivekananda, Gandhi, Nehru and Savarkar supported by a wealth of examples from a wide range of contexts. It argues that the views of these four prominent individuals were heavily shaped by British historiography as well as their respective visions of independent India. The author goes on to suggest how Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-257) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Muslims -- India. Hindus -- India Hinduism -- Relations -- Islam Islam -- Relations -- Hinduism Religion and politics -- India Nationalism -- India. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. Hinduism Hindus Interfaith relations Islam Muslims Nationalism Religion and politics Hinduismus Islam Nationale identiteit. Hindoes. Islamieten. Islam. Hindoeïsme. India Indien Form Electronic book ISBN 9788132103233 8132103238

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