THE INFLUENCE OF THE HINDU RIGHT WING ON THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM AFTER THE ELECTION OF NARENDRA MODI
THE INFLUENCE OF THE HINDU RIGHT WING ON THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM AFTER THE ELECTION OF NARENDRA MODI

Summary/Abstract: The coming to power of Narendra Modi backed by BJP promises significant changes in public discourse and, more so, within the education system. For the Hindu nationalists that are increasingly populating government and different bureaucratic branches, education should be recast in order to reflect a magnified and narrow vision of India’s past along with an intolerant attitude towards religious minorities, especially Muslims. From Innenpolitik towards geopolitics, this political philosophy put forward by Modi and his team may reflect an anti-hegemonic project correspondent to a multipolar world where Western values are no longer held as universal but are challenged by the rise of other cultures.

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