Angana P. Chatterji is Founding Co-chair of the Political Conflict,
Gender and People's Rights Initiative and Visiting Research
Anthropologist at the Center for Race and Gender at University of
California, Berkeley. Her books include: Violent Gods: Hindu
Nationalism in India's Present; and Conflicted Democracies and
Gendered Violence (co-edited).
Thomas Blom Hansen is Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor in South
Asian Studies and Professor and Chair of the Department of
Anthropology at Stanford University. His books include: The Saffron
Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India; and
Melancholia of Freedom: Social Life in an Indian Township in South
Africa.
Christophe Jaffrelot is Research Director at CNRS, Sciences Po and
Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King's India
Institute. His books include: Hindu Nationalism: A Reader (edited);
The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience; and Religion
Caste and Politics in India.
"When a majority claims sovereign authority to impose its will on
the rest of society, democracy is threatened. The present volume,
consisting of contributions from leading scholars of Indian
politics, offers a comprehensive view of how the recent
mobilization of Hindus as victims of minority appeasement is
violently tearing apart communities and institutions. A valuable
and timely contribution."-- Partha Chatterjee, Professor of
Anthropology and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
at Columbia University
"Implicit in these comprehensive and well-documented essays are
questions crucial to the perception of contemporary India and they
reach out to current debates. Attempts to imprint a Hindu
majoritarian identity on the state and on various aspects of the
lives of citizens, bring about some contestations. These are
analysed. The high-quality discussion of these provides a
diagnosis, which in turn could suggest a prognosis for the India of
post 2019. The book therefore is essential reading."--Romila
Thapar, Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
"[Majoritarian State is] a subversive resource in India's current
political climate . . . thorough and compelling in its sharp
critique of India's right-wing majoritarian politics and policies."
-- Asian Affairs
"[Majoritarian State includes] contributions from some of the
keenest and most perceptive scholars working on India today; most
of the essays are thoughtful, and some are fresh and
provocative."-- CHOICE
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