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The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future

"While America is focused on religious militancy and terrorism in the Middle East, democracy has been under siege from religious extremism in another critical part of the world. As Martha Nussbaum reveals in this look at India today, the forces of the Hindu right pose a disturbing threat to its democratic traditions and secular state."—Jacket.

Subject
historypolitics
Themes
religion
Setting
India
Audience
adult

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