Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy
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Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy
By (Author) Christophe Jaffrelot
Translated by Cynthia Schoch
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
12th October 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Ethnic studies
Nationalism
Political structures: democracy
Anthropology
Hinduism
954.0533
Physical Properties
Hardback
656
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance Over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in Gujarat and then in India at large. Modi
Reviews
"Christophe Jaffrelot, Winner of the Prix Raymond de Boyer de Sainte-Suzanne, Acadmie franaise (for the original French edition)"
"Financial Times Best Books of 2021: Politics"
"A The Hindu Top 10 Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year"
"Modis India is a masterpiece of careful research."---James Crabtree, Financial Times
"The most comprehensive study of Modis India to date offers a bleak and unsparing view of the direction of the country."---Gideon Rachman, Financial Times, Best Books of The Year 2021
"Christophe Jaffrelots book is a work of outstanding scholarship, a formidable documentation and compelling commentary on how India has changed in the first seven years under the leadership of Narendra Modi. . . .it is only a scholar of exceptional assurance and erudition who would attempt such an audaciously comprehensive, contemporary history written in real-time rather than with hindsight, and succeed simultaneously to inform, stir and provoke his readers."---Harsh Mander, Telegraph of India
"Modis India is an exhaustive account of contemporary Indian politics, which impressively draws on numerous sources and examines a range of issues . . . . this work emerges as an important contribution to the study of the future of democracy in India and beyond."---Pratim Ghosal, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
Author Bio
Christophe Jaffrelot is director of research at CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS in Paris, professor of Indian politics and sociology at King's College London, and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His books include The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience and Hindu Nationalism: A Reader (Princeton). He lives in Le Chesnay, France. Twitter @jaffrelotc
