What inspired you to write A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism? This book is the third part of what promises to be a quartet of books dealing with…
Jyotirmaya Sharma
Jyotirmaya Sharma is professor of political science at the University of Hyderabad, India. His recent publications include, Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu The belief in the primacy of “the nation” as the most important political allegiance, that every nation should have its own state, and that it is the primary responsibility of the state and its leaders to preserve the nation. Learn more (Penguin/Viking, 2003; second edition published in december 2011) and Terrifying Vision: M.S. Golwalkar, the RSS and India (Penguin/Viking, 2007). His critical examination of the ideas of Swami Vivekananda and 19th century restatements of Hinduism has now been published as A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism (YUP, 2013). Sharma also held senior editorial positions at the Times of India and The Hindu between 1998-2006, and continues to write occasional columns for Mail Today, Hindustan Times and Outlook.
