The world's best minority
Parsis and Hindutva's ethnic nationalism in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesse Buck (0000-0003-3393-3002, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 15 |
| Pages | 2806-2822 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2016.1259492 |
| OpenAlex | W2580039022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 22 |
There is an assumption that nationalist movements which are constituted by an ethnic majority are hostile towards all minorities, so how does one account for such a movement's affection for one minority and hostility for another? In this paper I explore this question using the case study of a Hindu nationalist movement in India called Hindutva which simultaneously expresses hostility towards Muslims and affection for another minority known as the Parsis. I argue in societies that imagine themselves as plural there is a type of nationalist thought premised upon the existence of both exemplary and threatening minorities. An exemplary minority is imagined as loyal and acculturating, illustrating both how a minority should relate to the majority and why other minorities are threatening. While an historical argument enables the distinction between the majority and minorities, a plural hierarchy of minorities is enabled by mythical stories of coexistence and conflict
Affection · Argument (complex analysis · Ethnic group · Hinduism · Hindutva · Hostility · Linguistics · Minority rights · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Plural · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology · South Asian Studies and Diaspora · Religious Studies
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Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760
Fear of Small Numbers
The Myth of the Model Minority
Hindutva, Religious and Ethnocultural Minorities, and Indian-Christian Theology
Secularism, History, and Contemporary Politics in India
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict
Demons in Hindutva
Israel and its Arab citizens
Constructing the Nation’s Enemy
The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora
National identity and the 'other
Ethnic Minority-Majority Asymmetry in National Attitudes around the World
The Saffron Wave
History's Forgotten Doubles
Religion, Caste and Politics in India
In the Hindutva Laboratory
From sojourners to citizens
Can a Muslim Be an Indian
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |