Conversión y protección de las vacas en la India: análisis y crítica de la política hindutva
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https://doi.org/10.53111/ea.v58i3.1111Palabras clave:
laicidad, democracia, comunitarismo, agencia, Moditva, proyectos de ley contra la conversión, protección animalResumen
Desde 2014, India ha estado bajo el gobierno de BJP, que introdujo progresivamente varias agendas hinduitas para usurpar el dominio social y socavar a las minorías, especialmente musulmanes y cristianos. Este ensayo se concentra en dos temas, a saber, la conversión y la protección de las vacas, que se discutieron apasionadamente durante el período colonial pero que resurgieron después de la independencia gracias a VHP. El nuevo énfasis dado a estos viejos temas traiciona claramente el patrón de pensamiento y acción nacionalista hindú adoptado por el gobierno actual. En lugar de fomentar la unidad, fortaleciendo la cultura compartida, esta opción del Sangh Parivar socava la solidaridad social y hay riesgos de conflictos civiles. En este artículo se analiza en qué medida y cómo la argumentación hinduista se desvía de las concepciones hindúes tradicionales/gandhianas e innova en los valores índicos compartidos. Se manifiesta el peligro potencial de denunciar el laicismo constitucional y la democracia, así como la libertad religiosa garantizada en la constitución.
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