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ON HINDU, HINDUSTĀN, HINDUISM AND HINDUTVA

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Author:
Arvind Sharma
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2002
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Abstract

This paper sets out to examine the emergence and significance of the word Hindu (and associated terminology) in discourse about India, in order to determine the light it sheds on what is currently happening in India. It concludes that the word, and its derivatives, contain a series of semantic bivalences characterised by unresolved tensions, and further that these tensions help account for the complexities generated by the induction of the word Hindu (and associated terminology) in modern Indian political discourse.

Title:
ON HINDU, HINDUSTĀN, HINDUISM AND HINDUTVA
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685270252772759
Language:
English
Pages:
1–36
In:
Numen
In:
Volume 49: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5276
Print ISSN:
0029-5973
Subjects:
History of Religion, Religious Studies, Comparative Religion & Religious Studies, General, History

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