Universalism and particularism: Exploring the nexus

Singh, Palak; Parihar, Gopal Krishan

doi:10.5958/2249-7315.2022.00030.2

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“…Populist politics confounds the alleged attitude of the ‘elite’ group with antagonistic rhetoric, reducing them to absurd propositionalities that conveniently add a layer of obscurity to the multi-factorial and convoluted forms of power hierarchies that might be visible through the non-essentialist and intersectional lens. The consequent coalescing of particularities (Singh and Parihar, 2021) for the construction of an ambiguous volonté générale , into a unitary political subject whose aspirations are fed and fulfilled by the people’s leaders, meta-morphoses into a masculine, charismatic leader. This obfuscates the diversity of the populace and the multiple dimensions of their phenomenologies.…”

Section: Discussion: the Hindutva-populist Politics And The Women’s Q...mentioning

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The Hindutva Brand of Populist Politics and the Women Question

Singh

Parihar

2023

Political Studies Review

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This study maps the interactions of the Hindutva brand of political populism, which is in rise in India, with the feminist politics and concerns. To study this interaction, the article qualitatively studies the phenomenon of Hindutva-populism and feminist politics and uses the Bhartiya Janata Party, the Hindu-rightist political party, as the site to explore the gendered political culture and the complex relationship that populism and feminism share on the women question in their quest for political and social transformation in India. For this purpose, the article focuses on the broad themes, highlighting the differential visions of both projects, of: the lens through which the problems are diagnosed, the solutions proposed to these problems and the role of the related variables such as power, state and leadership, which puts them in a fundamental clash with each other.

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Section: Discussion: the Hindutva-populist Politics And The Women’s Q...mentioning

confidence: 99%