{"product_id":"the-god-market-how-globalization-is-making-india-more-hindu-9781583672495","title":"The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConventional wisdom says that integration into the global marketplace tends to weaken the power of traditional faith in developing countries. But, as Meera Nanda argues in this path-breaking book, this is hardly the case in today's India. Against expectations of growing secularism, India has instead seen a remarkable intertwining of Hinduism and neoliberal ideology, spurred on by a growing capitalist class. It is this \"State-Temple-Corporate Complex,\" she claims, that now wields decisive political and economic power, and provides ideological cover for the dismantling of the Nehru-era state-dominated economy. According to this new logic, India's rapid economic growth is attributable to a special \"Hindu mind,\" and it is what separates the nation's Hindu population from Muslims and others deemed to be \"anti-modern.\" As a result, Hindu institutions are replacing public ones, and the Hindu \"revival\" itself has become big business, a major source of capital accumulation. Nanda explores the roots of this development and its possible future, as well as the struggle for secularism and socialism in the world's second-most populous country.","brand":"Monthly Review Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770567065943,"sku":"9781583672495","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781583672495.jpg?v=1758725498","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-god-market-how-globalization-is-making-india-more-hindu-9781583672495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}