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History and the Making of a Modern Hindu Self, Paperback by Devare, Aparna, L…

Through a close reading of original writings, speeches and biographical material, it is demonstrated that these three individuals were engaged with a modern historical and rationalist approach. Savarkar, the ‘explicitly Hindu’ leader, on the contrary, held Hindu practices and traditions in contempt, confining them to historical analysis while denying any role for religion as spirituality or morality in contemporary political life.

Hindutva and Violence: V. D. Savarkar and the Politics of History by Vinayak Cha

Examines the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the key architects of modern Hindu and Violence explores the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966), the most controversial Indian political thinker of the twentieth century and a key architect of Hindu nationalism.

Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva, Hardcover by Bakhle, Janaki, Brand New, …

Janaki Bakhle examines the full range of Savarkar’s voluminous writings in his nativelanguage of Marathi, from political and historical works to poetry, essays, and speeches. Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva also uncovers the vast hagiographic literature that has kept alive the myth of Savarkar as a uniquely brave, brilliant, and learned revolutionary leader of the Hindu nation”–.

History and the Making of a Modern Hindu Self by Aparna Devare (English) Paperba

History and the Making of a Modern Hindu Self by Aparna Devare. Author Aparna Devare. Taking the contentious debates surrounding historical evidence and history writing between secularists and Hindu nationalists as a starting point, this book seeks to understand the origins of a growing historical consciousness in contemporary India, especially amongst Hindus.