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Hindutva and Singapore Confucianism as projects of political legitimation
2018
This thesis compares the recent rise and decline of two political uses of cultural tradition, one in India and one in Singapore. In India, the thesis examines the Hindutva (Hindu-ness) movement, which became influential in the 1980s and 1990s. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which leads India's current coalition government, arose from the Hindutva movement, but it deemphasized Hindutva themes in favour of militaristic nationalism as it came closer to power. In Singapore, the thesis examines the
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