Hindutva and Violence: V. D. Savarkar and the Politics of History, Chatu PB+-

Hindutva and ViolenceV. D. Savarkar and the Politics of History\nAuthor(s): Vinayak Chaturvedi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438488769, 978-1438488769\nSynopsis\nExamines the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the key architects of modern Hindu nationalism.\n\nHindutva and Violence explores the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar [tel], the most controversial Indian political thinker of the twentieth century and a key architect of Hindu nationalism. Examining his central claim that \""Hindutva is not a word but a history,\"" the book argues that, for Savarkar, this history was not a total history, a complete history, or a narrative history. Rather, its purpose was to trace key historical events to a powerful source-the font of motivation for \""chief actors\"" of the past who had turned to violence in a .