Cleansing the Nation

In Cleansing the Nation, Raka Shome explores the logics of governmentality of contemporary Hindu nationalism in India by advancing the concept of the "e;Hindu modern."e; Analyzing a national cleanliness program and other development projects, Shome shows how the Hindu modern-a form of national governmentality that disciplines and regulates individual subjects to create desirable "e;clean"e; citize...