ABSTRACT The article traces the rise of Hindu nationalism and its rise to power. It identifies three major variables responsible for Hindu nationalism’s rise and success. First, British historiography that made the Hindu-Muslim animosity the centerpiece for historical analysis in order to justify British rule coupled with a deliberate policy of divide and rule that widened the chasm between the two communities. Second, the writings of Savarkar and other ideologues such as Golwalkar that presented this dichotomy starkly and painted the Indian Muslim as the quintessential “other” thus arguing that Hindus alone were the real owners of the land and Muslims were interlopers. Third, and possibly the most important, the partition of the country in 1947 that hived away the Muslim majority areas from India thus rendering Indian Muslims demographically and politically marginal if not irrelevant in independent India thus paving the way for the eventual capture of power by Hindu nationalists.

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从历史角度看印度教民族主义的兴起

摘要 本文追溯了印度民族主义的兴起及其掌权的过程。它确定了导致印度民族主义兴起和成功的三个主要变量。首先，英国史学将印度教-穆斯林的敌意作为历史分析的核心，以证明英国的统治是正当的，再加上故意分而治之的政策，扩大了两个社区之间的鸿沟。其次，萨瓦卡和戈尔沃卡等其他理论家的著作鲜明地呈现了这种二分法，并将印度穆斯林描绘成典型的“他者”，从而认为只有印度教徒才是这片土地的真正所有者，而穆斯林是闯入者。第三，可能也是最重要的，