Aurobindo Ghose's Early Approaches to Hindu-Muslim Relations (1906-1909)
With the rise of Hindu nationalism in recent decades, Aurobindo Ghose has received attention as a progenitor of the movement. This paper investigates the issue by focusing on the period, 1906-1909, when Aurobindo was active in Bengal's svadeśī movement, and the British administration issued the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
2021
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Journal of Hindu-Christian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Pages: 1-15 |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism TK Recent history |
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| Summary: | With the rise of Hindu nationalism in recent decades, Aurobindo Ghose has received attention as a progenitor of the movement. This paper investigates the issue by focusing on the period, 1906-1909, when Aurobindo was active in Bengal's svadeśī movement, and the British administration issued the Minto-Morley reforms. During this period, Aurobindo supported a pluralistic vision of India's past and future. Yet, that vision did not address the concrete Hindu-Muslim issues that arose in the svadeśī movement. After the demise of the svadeśī movement, Aurobindo continued to develop his approach towards India's Muslim populations in an affirming manner. Yet, alarmed at the 1909 Minto-Morley reforms, which established reserved seats and a separate electorate for Muslims, Aurobindo articulated a Hindu primacy. Still, he continued to insist through 1909 that Muslims have an essential place in India's national identity. |
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| ISSN: | 2164-6279 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Hindu-Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1794 |