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Decolonizing the Hindu Mind - Ideological Development of Hindu Revivalism is a book by Koenraad Elst.
Elst states in the book that it is "based on the main part of my doctoral dissertation, accepted by Katholicke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in 1998. For reasons of space, several peripheral chapters have been left out here and will be published separately." Another part of his Ph.D. thesis was published in "Who is a Hindu" and in "The Saffron Swastika."
India went through two colonizations in the past centuries: one by Islam and one by Europe. Hindu revivalists see it as problematic that these colonizations also brought with them worldviews that are hostile to the Hindu way of life. Elst focuses on the analysis of the Hindu revivalist movements in this book. This work has 1674 footnotes and a bibliography of 29 pages.
References
- Decolonizing the Hindu Mind - Ideological Development of Hindu Revivalism, Rupa, Delhi (2001) ISBN 81-7167-519-0
External links
- Review of "Decolonizing the Hindu Mind
- Criticism and review of Elst's positions on 'revivalism'in "Decolonizing the Hindu Mind" by A. Khan
- A reply to A. Khan (above) by K. Elst
Works by Koenraad Elst Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society (1991) · Negationism in India (1992) · Psychology of Prophetism (1993) · Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate (1999) · Who is a Hindu? (2001) · The Saffron Swastika - The Notion of Hindu Fascism (2001) · Decolonizing the Hindu Mind (2001) · Ayodhya: The Case Against the Temple (2002) · Ayodhya, The Finale (2003) · India's Only Communalist (2005)
Categories:- 2001 books
- Books by Koenraad Elst
- Books about politics of India
- Hindutva
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