The Hindu nationalist reinterpretation of pilgramage in India: the limits of Yatra politics
Victor Turner's anthropological reading of pilgrimages in terms of communitas is of utmost relevance in the case of Hinduism: indeed, Hindu pilgrimages produce a relative and temporal obliteration of social cleavages - particularly caste divisions - allowing the emergence of a sense of group be...
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Blackwell
2009
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Nations and nationalism
Year: 2009, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
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B Nationalism B Religion B Democracy B India Hinduism politische Bewegung / Gesellschaftliche Nationalism Politische Ziele Religion Effect / Effects Democracy B Hinduism B Effect B Political movement B Social movement B Effects B India |