Pluralism and Democracy in India: Debating the Hindu Right - Softcover

Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago.

Martha C. Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago.

"Informed by several different disciplinary perspectives, and grounded in solid scholarship, the essayists in Pluralism and Democracy in India: Debating the Hindu Right are clear-eyed about the many inadequacies in India s democratic structure that allow anti-minority politics to flourish. The contributions on secular and religious Indians and curricular reform are a promising beginning for those who believe that a dialogue among the left, the center, and the right may still be possible. This is a timely, hopeful collection."--Current History

"This is a timely conversation about the resilience of India's pluralist democracy in a variety of spheres, from education and the media to electoral politics, public institutions and the diaspora. The essays point to how challenges to a democratic public culture can be resisted by drawing upon India's long historical tradition of critical thinking, argument and dissent." --Niraja G. Jayal, Professor in the Center for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University

"There are 20 essays in this volume devoted to addressing the central question of how India's pluralism and democracy can face the challenges posed by the growing Hindu Right. The range of the essays is wide, covering not only every possible aspect of the threat to pluralism, but also examining how different institutions of a democracy like India, particularly the media, have made this challenge more complex and even formidable." --Business Standard

"Doniger and Nussbaum's exceptional contribution will likely shape the future of how scholars examine Hindu nationalism and India's diverse culture... Highly recommended." --CHOICE