In recent years, the most important and influential change in the historiography of South Asia, and particularly India, has been brought about by the globally renowned 'subaltern studies' project which began twenty years ago. The present volume of critiques and 'readings' of that project represents the first comprehensive historical introduction to subaltern studies and the worldwide debates it has generated among scholars of history, politics and sociology. This ...
Making India Hindu: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India
For the past few decades powerful political forces have sought to make the Indian state Hindu. Their rising influence since 1980 has occurred during a period of radical change in Indian society and politics, and has been accomplished by electoral means as well as by organized violence. The 1996 elections have been a major test of their power and the influence of Hindu majoritarianism among the Indian electorate. Thirteen prominent scholars from India, Europe and ...
