Textbook Harassment
The Hindu Right’s Conservative Agenda to Whitewash History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8204289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rupa Pillai (0000-0001-6160-3911, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 801-804 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfad026 |
| OpenAlex | W4381739419 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
THE TIMELINE of Hindutva harassment may only seem relevant to academia, but the threat looms larger. Since the early 2000s individuals and organizations promoting Hindu right-wing views have become increasingly active in textbook adoption processes around the United States. As these actors become well-versed in the process, they present another threat. By advocating for textbook representations that erase or gloss over unpalatable aspects of Hinduism and South Asian history, these actors could cause the larger American population to unknowingly adopt and promote Hindu right-wing ideologies (Bose 2008). This threat is disturbingly possible because such actors are building on tactics deployed by other conservative movements within the United States.
Harassment · Hinduism · Hindutva · Nationalism · Political science · Asian American and Pacific Histories · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
|---|