Postcolonial Theory and the Making of Hindu Nationalism

The Wages of Unreason

Meera Nanda

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Routledge
06 June 2025

Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Regional studies; Asian history; Social & political philosophy; Society & culture: general

Series: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series

This book tells the story of two strange bedfellows, the Postcolonial Left and the Hindu Right.

It argues that the Postcolonial Left’s relentless attacks on the “epistemic violence” of Western norms of rationality and modernity are providing the conceptual vocabulary for the Hindu Right’s project of “decolonizing the Hindu mind.” The postcolonial project of “provincializing Europe” is widely shared by the Hindu Right, and harks back to the Hindu revivalist movements of the nineteenth century. This book argues that postcolonial thought in India bears a strong family resemblance, in context and content, with the “conservative revolution” that brought down the Weimar Repbulic in Germany before the Nazi takeover.

Both an intellectual history of India through the last half-century and a critical engagement with postcolonial theory, this book will be of interest to scholars of South Asia and the humanities and social sciences at large.

By: Meera Nanda
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781032848495
ISBN 10: 1032848499
Series: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 06 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Meera Nanda is a crossover from natural sciences (Ph.D., Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India) to the humanities (Ph.D. Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA). She taught the History of Science at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research. She has authored several books, including Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and Hindu Nationalism (2004) and her most recent A Field Guide to Post- truth India (2024). She lives in Connecticut, USA.

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