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@article{ART002905108},
author={KANG, Sung Yong},
title={Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2022},
volume={79},
number={4},
pages={167-210},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167}

TY - JOUR
AU - KANG, Sung Yong
TI - Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2022
VL - 79
IS - 4
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 167
EP - 210
SN - 1598-3021
AB - In the analysis of growing anti-democratic Hindutva ideology in India, the conceptual frame of anti-intellectualism is seldom applied. An attempt is made in this paper to clarify factors that differentiate Indian social contexts from those of the United States. Since the British colonial period, Indian intellectuals have focused on reconstructing their religious traditions in accordance with the Western concept of ‘religion’ to create Hinduism. They could not, however, escape the traditional conceptual frame of ‘dharma.’ As a result, the dual-structured concept of ‘religion’ has appeared to dissimulate the danger of communalism. This leads to a peculiar ‘Indian secularism.’ The emergence of hindutva framed in the Mandir politics against Mandal politics could not be encountered by the hollowed secularism in India. The anti-intellectual stance does not seem to be required in the reconstructed Hinduism, since the validation of personal religious experience and its interpretation were not precluded.
KW - Anti-intellectualism;Hindutva;Hinduism;India;Communalism
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167
ER -

KANG, Sung Yong. (2022). Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 79(4), 167-210.

KANG, Sung Yong. 2022, "Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.79, no.4 pp.167-210. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167

KANG, Sung Yong "Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 79.4 pp.167-210 (2022) : 167.

KANG, Sung Yong. Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape. 2022; 79(4), 167-210. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167

KANG, Sung Yong. "Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 79, no.4 (2022) : 167-210.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167

KANG, Sung Yong. Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 79(4), 167-210. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167

KANG, Sung Yong. Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2022; 79(4) 167-210. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167

KANG, Sung Yong. Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape. 2022; 79(4), 167-210. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167

KANG, Sung Yong. "Reconstruction of ‘Hinduism’ and Indian Secularism: Limitation of the Anti-Intellectualism Frame in the Analysis of the Indian Political Landscape" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 79, no.4 (2022) : 167-210.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.79.4.202211.167