Such easy left and right dichotomy is hazardous when applying to India. If leftish government was there in India it performed poorly. It was leftish at the top ideologically, crooked everywhere, and a failure in what it attempted to do. It's rightward shift economically has been tested by the previous electorate by getting rid of a right wing government. The May 2009 elections will be a test if the current populist government have done enough. All this psycho mumbo jumbo about the Hindu fanaticism, at one level is real and unfortunate, but not that important any more. Incidentally I heard Nussbaum last year, she was interesting but her understanding of Indian politics was limited at best.
Cheers, Anthony xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Porcelaenshaven 24, 3 DK-2000 Frederiksberg Denmark Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: +45 3815 2572 Fax: +45 3815 2500 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Anthony D'Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Such easy left and right dichotomy is hazardous when applying to India. If > leftish government was there in India iy performed poorly. It was leftish > at the top ideologically, crooked everywhere, and a failure in what it > attempted to do. It's rightward shift economically has been tested by the > previous electorate by getting rid of > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:33 PM, raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:52 AM, Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I heard a very interesting presentation by Meera Nanda last year on the >>> new religiosity in India. She said it was the yuppies who are the biggest >>> adherents now, embracing some weird New Agey version of Hinduism. That's not >>> from fear and other base instincts, but maybe some comfort in the midst of >>> an "all that's solid melts into air" class transformation? >>> >> >> >> That sounds right to me, especially among the emigrant yuppies. The most >> interesting outsider's perspective on the Indian right I have seen is Martha >> Nussbaum: >> http://www.law.yale.edu/news/5847.htm >> >> She attributes the Hindu nationalist's ideology to a psycho-analytic >> notion of "humiliated masculinity". It seems as plausible as any >> psycho-analytic theory can be. >> -raghu. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> > > > -- > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Anthony P. D'Costa > Professor of Indian Studies > Asia Research Centre > Copenhagen Business School > Porcelaenshaven 24, 3 > DK-2000 Frederiksberg > Denmark > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ph: +45 3815 2572 > Fax: +45 3815 2500 > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --
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