Orientalism & the myth of Modern Hinduism

Richard King
Orientalism & the Myth of Modern Hinduism

"The otherworldly Eastern mystic cannot be involved in a this-worldly political struggle without calling into question the strong cultural opposition between the mystical and the public realms……. Thus, in the modern era we find Hinduism being represented both as a globalized and all-embracing world-religion and as an intolerant and virulent form of religious nationalism."