We, or Our Nationhood Defined
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"We, or Our Nationhood Defined" is a controversial ideological treatise by Hindu nationalist leader M. S. Golwalkar that outlines his vision of Indian nationhood and cultural identity.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| We, or Our Nationhood Defined canonical | 2 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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ideological work ⓘ political treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo | define who constitutes the Indian nation ⓘ |
| argues | India is primarily a Hindu nation ⓘ |
| associatedIdeologue | M. S. Golwalkar as RSS Sarsanghchalak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | M. S. Golwalkar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorFullName | Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | primarily within Hindu nationalist organizations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
exclusionary view of minorities
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majoritarian conception of nationhood ⓘ |
| debatedIn | Indian political discourse ⓘ |
| describedAs | controversial ⓘ |
| emphasizes | Hindu cultural unity ⓘ |
| genre |
Hindu nationalist literature
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political ideology ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late colonial India ⓘ |
| ideologyAssociatedWith | Hindu nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactOn | Hindutva discourse in India ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European ethnic nationalism
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Hindu revivalist thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | foundational text for some strands of Hindutva thought ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Hindutva
NERFINISHED
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Indian nationhood ⓘ cultural nationalism ⓘ national identity ⓘ |
| movementAssociatedWith | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes | territorial or purely civic conceptions of nationhood ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance | cultural essentialism ⓘ |
| positionOnMinorities | views religious minorities as outside the core nation unless culturally assimilated ⓘ |
| proposes | cultural definition of the Indian nation ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| referencedIn | scholarship on Hindu nationalism ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Bunch of Thoughts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfNationalismPromoted | ethno-cultural nationalism ⓘ |
| usedIn | ideological training within Hindu nationalist circles ⓘ |
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