Javed Gaya

Majoritarianism in India (eBook, ePUB)

Roots and Consequences

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Majoritarianism in India examines the strident nationalism seizing India today, tracing its roots back to decisions made in the 1940s, particularly Partition and the drafting of the Constitution. Pre-Partition India had debated whether 'liberty'understood as 'one man, one vote'or 'equality'the equal political representation of minorities within a federal structureshould be the basis of a state. Congress chose 'liberty', but contemporary India is reaching the point where it has neither: its democracy is compromised and majoritarianism prevails. By dividing the subcontinent and elevating the 'cow belt', Partition seriously impeded social and economic progress in the newly created states, and brought communalism and casteism to the fore.

Javed Gaya investigates the origins and consequences of India's increasingly majoritarian system, assessing the frailty of constitutional safeguards, the role of the judiciary and the subversion of federalism. He analyses the futility of today's quest for cultural purity, and shows how history is being rewritten with an exclusionary intent. He both interrogates the myths created to sustain this nativist ideologyincluding around the causes of Partition and the alleged privileging of minoritiesand discusses the role of citizenship and the externalisation of the HinduMuslim conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781805266433
• Artikelnr.: 75762787

Autorenporträt

Javed Gaya is a lawyer from Mumbai, specialising in commercial arbitration law. He studied jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and has taught law at colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai. He contributes to various publications on topics including constitutional law, history and foreign affairs, and writes book reviews.