India After Modi: Populism and the Right

India After Modi: Populism and the Right

by Ajay Gudavarthy
India After Modi: Populism and the Right

India After Modi: Populism and the Right

by Ajay Gudavarthy

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Overview

Have you realized that the divide between 'Us' and 'Them' has grown steadily in Indian politics? Do you sometimes wonder whether it will be repaired at all in the near future? Do you ever pause to reflect why emotions spill on the streets and why democratic institutions in India have become dysfunctional? Have you thought about why we get hurt easily and how this gets reflected in everyday politics?

India after Modi attempts to address these questions through an analysis of events like Award Wapsi, demonetization, the crisis in JNU and higher education, and electoral outcomes, including in the states of Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Through this collection of essays, Ajay Gudavarthy focuses exclusively on Indian democracy after Narendra Modi took over as the prime minister in 2014. He looks at the politics that India has been witnessing since then and addresses emerging issues in Indian democracy, including that of women's participation, new urban spaces, and the role of youth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789388038836
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 11/18/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 266
File size: 618 KB
Age Range: 15 - 17 Years

About the Author

Ajay Gudavarthy is Associate Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Earlier, he taught at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. In 2012, he had been Visiting Fellow, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen. He was Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Hyderabad, in 2011, and Visiting Fellow, Goldsmith College, University of London, in 2010.

Gudavarthy was the Charles Wallace Visiting Fellow (2008), the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. His published works include Re-Framing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society (edited, 2012), Politics of Post-Civil Society: Contemporary History of Political Movements in India (2013), Maoism, Democracy and Globalisation: Cross-Currents in Indian Politics (authored, 2014), and Revolutionary Violence Versus Democracy: Narratives from India (edited, 2017).
Ajay Gudavarthy is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Earlier, he taught at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. In 2012, he had been Visiting Fellow, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen. He was Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Hyderabad, in 2011, and Visiting Fellow, Goldsmith College, University of London, in 2010.

Table of Contents

I: POPULISM AND AUTHORITARIANISM
Introduction
Populist-Authoritarianism in India
Populism and the Strongman: From Modi to Yogi
Award Wapsi: Reasoning with Intolerance
Why the RSS Projects JNU as Anti-National?
Autonomy of Universities and a Life of the Mind
Demonetization and the 'War on Terror'
Corporate Capitalism, Hurt Pride, and Hindutva
Populism and Mass Violence: The Liberal-Illiberal Dilemma
Populism and Popular Culture: Are Muslims the Safest Enemy to Have?
Hyper-Electoralism and Pakoda Nationalism
Theorizing Populism in India
II: STATE(S) OF DEMOCRACY
Introduction
What Did BJP's Defeat in Delhi Tell Us?
Does Bihar Hold the Key to the Future of Indian Politics?
Populism and Caste Calculus in Uttar Pradesh
Telangana: The Question of Internal Colonization
Kashmir: Is It Also a Question of Internal Colonization?
Kashmiri Pandits: Precariats of Indian Democracy
Of What Value Is NOTA?
Towards 2019: Opposition Needs to Rally Behind Mayawati
BJP's Strategy for 2019
III: DALIT-BAHUJAN POLITICS
Introduction
After Rohith Vemula: Is the Dalit-Muslim Unity Sustainable?
Dalit-Bahujans and Fraternity: From Ambedkar to Kancha Illiah
Unity between the Left and the Dalit-Bahujans
Caste, Authenticity, and the Oriental Spirit
IV: FUTURE OF POLITICS
Introduction
Nehru and the Rise of Modi
Bringing Justice Back In
Women and the Future of Democracy
Anxiety, Anger, and Anomie: Mobilizing Generation Next
India's Oscillating Public Sphere
Social Ethics of Violence and the Maoist Movement in India
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