Us vs. them and Gandhi: the case of Hindu-Muslim conflict in India
By: Sen, Ragini.
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ArticlePublisher: 2005Description: p.111-16.Subject(s): Gandhi, M.K | Violence - India | Muslim | Hindu | Communalism - India | Communalism
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Psychological StudiesSummary: The paper explores the dynamics of socio-cultural change in contemporary India and attempts to gauge the space for violence in the common sense arena. It also aims at understanding the changing perceptions towards leadership. It is argued that the symbols, myths and metaphors (social representations) can modify the existing knowledge base. The results show that by changing the definition of words and by an introduction of a new representation, Hindu ideologues made an attempt to change collective thought and thereby increase their hold on the Indian mind set and "Militant Hinduism", a new reincarnation of Hinduism was slowly becoming a shared representation. Members of both Hindu as well as Muslim communities had begun to feel that their religious identity had been diluted and this should be rectified. Thus social positions and newly emerging social identities had begun to another and force themselves upon the cognitive system. The analysis is done within a social representational framework. - Reproduced.
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The paper explores the dynamics of socio-cultural change in contemporary India and attempts to gauge the space for violence in the common sense arena. It also aims at understanding the changing perceptions towards leadership. It is argued that the symbols, myths and metaphors (social representations) can modify the existing knowledge base. The results show that by changing the definition of words and by an introduction of a new representation, Hindu ideologues made an attempt to change collective thought and thereby increase their hold on the Indian mind set and "Militant Hinduism", a new reincarnation of Hinduism was slowly becoming a shared representation. Members of both Hindu as well as Muslim communities had begun to feel that their religious identity had been diluted and this should be rectified. Thus social positions and newly emerging social identities had begun to another and force themselves upon the cognitive system. The analysis is done within a social representational framework. - Reproduced.
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