Abstract The street protests of the upper caste Hindus and the members of the erstwhile royal family under the leadership of the BJP–RSS against the verdict of the Supreme Court of India on opening the Sabarimala temple for women of all age groups demonstrate the deep malaise of creeping irrationality in the globally acclaimed project of Kerala modernity. In fact, such outbursts not only unveil the longstanding contradictions of Kerala modernity and the inadequacies of its developmental model but also bound to have serious implications for the multicultural ethos and the radical politics of the state. The rising tide of social conservatism and obscurantism retard Kerala into state of gloom and the depletion of its vibrant civil society and solid social capital leading communalising everyday life and public sphere.

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喀拉拉邦刺鼻的非理性和陷入困境的现代性

摘要 在印度人民党-RSS 领导下的上层种姓印度教徒和旧王室成员反对印度最高法院关于为所有年龄段的妇女开放萨巴里马拉神庙的裁决的街头抗议表明全球知名的喀拉拉邦现代性项目中逐渐出现的非理性。事实上，这种爆发不仅揭示了喀拉拉邦现代性长期存在的矛盾及其发展模式的不足，而且必然会对多元文化精神和国家激进政治产生严重影响。社会保守主义和蒙昧主义的兴起使喀拉拉邦陷入阴霾，其充满活力的公民社会和坚实的社会资本正在枯竭，导致日常生活和公共领域的社区化。