Abstract

Analysing Indian protagonists’ strategies at the 15th World Vegetarian Congress in India in 1957, this article argues that they brought together Hindu nationalism and internationalism. By constructing non-violence and vegetarianism as a national heritage, they characterised India as a moral superpower above the divisions of the Cold War and endowed it with a global civilising mission. On the other hand, they tried to win international support to influence the politics of the Indian government, opposing parts of the Five-Year Plans and Nehru’s politics of secularism. Moreover, by insisting on India as a vegetarian country, they erased Islam from Indian history.

摘要

本文分析了1957年在印度举行的第15届世界素食主义者大会上印度主角的战略，认为他们将印度教的民族主义和国际主义结合在一起。通过将非暴力和素食主义视为国家遗产，他们将印度描述为冷战之上的道德超级大国，并赋予其全球文明使命。另一方面，他们试图赢得国际支持，以影响印度政府的政治，五年计划的对立部分以及尼赫鲁的世俗主义政治。此外，通过坚持印度为素食国，他们从印度历史上抹去了伊斯兰教。