| ID | 192305 |
| Title Proper | Shape of the Sangh |
| Other Title Information | rethinking Hindu nationalist organisational ties |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pal, Felix |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Indian Hindu nationalist movement is largely sustained by a network, hundreds of organisations strong, linked in greater or lesser degrees to a central organisational node: the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. In this paper I propose a new, critical, definition of this network: That which is constituted by organisational sites through which a central executive may exert authority, (a) through existing institutionalised communication channels, and (b) without coercion. By reconfiguring the analytic focus on this network, which I refer to as the Sangh, from its organisational nodes, to the linkages through which power travels, I propose a new research agenda on this Hindu nationalist organisational network that I argue more clearly identifies the spread, intentions and weaknesses of the far-right in India. |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary South Asia Vol. 31, No.1; Mar 2023: p.133-143 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary South Asia Vol: 31 No 1 |
| Key Words | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ; Hindu Nationalis ; Far-right organisations ; Far-right network |