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“I Am A Hindu; I Am An Indian And I Am A Man” A Rhetorical Analysis Of Contemporary Hindu Nationalist Political Ideology, Julia Binder
“I Am A Hindu; I Am An Indian And I Am A Man” A Rhetorical Analysis Of Contemporary Hindu Nationalist Political Ideology, Julia Binder
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This paper explores the roots of Hindu Nationalist religiopolitical rhetoric. The argument centers around Ram Madhav’s 2021 book The Hindutva Paradigm: Integral Humanism and the Quest for a Non-Western Worldview. In addition, it examines texts from the websites of various organizations in the Sangh Parivar, a term used for a collection of groups that are aligned in their conservative, Hindu Nationalist agenda. A rhetorical analysis of Hindu Nationalists’ language reveals how the Sangh Parivar attempts to distinguish its worldview from so-called western social structures in order to establish the ancient legitimacy of Brahminical Hinduism. Further, this paper frames contemporary Hindu …