{"product_id":"savarkar-and-the-making-of-hindutva-9780691250366","title":"Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monumental intellectual history of the pivotal figure of Hindu nationalism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) was an intellectual, ideologue, and anticolonial nationalist leader in India's struggle for independence from British colonial rule, one whose anti-Muslim writings exploited India's tensions in pursuit of Hindu majority rule. \u003ci\u003eSavarkar and the Making of Hindutva\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive intellectual history of one of the most contentious political thinkers of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJanaki Bakhle examines the full range of Savarkar's voluminous writings in his native language of Marathi, from political and historical works to poetry, essays, and speeches. She reveals the complexities in the various positions he took as a champion of the beleaguered Hindu community, an anticaste progressive, an erudite if polemical historian, a pioneering advocate for women's dignity, and a patriotic poet. This critical examination of Savarkar's thought shows that Hindutva is as much about the aesthetic experiences that have been attached to the idea of India itself as it is a militant political program that has targeted the Muslim community in pursuit of power in postcolonial India. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy bringing to light the many legends surrounding Savarkar, Bakhle shows how this figure from a provincial locality in colonial India rose to world-historical importance. \u003ci\u003eSavarkar and the Making of Hindutva\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanaki Bakhle\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTwo Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522593231122,"sku":"9780691250366","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4ddeab4-905d-4b4a-bb76-e9435676a7d0.jpg?v=1772530958","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/savarkar-and-the-making-of-hindutva-9780691250366","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}