Cultural mechanics of fundamentalism: Religion as ideology, divided identities and violence in Post-Gandhi India

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-326

  Sen, Ragini ^a   Wagner, Wolfgang ^b,c  

^a Logistics   (India)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Culture change; Ethnic identity; Fundamentalism; Gandhi; Hindu religion; Symbolism; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349194591     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X09337869     Document Type: Article

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