{"product_id":"9781583672501","title":"The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu","description":"Conventional 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.\u003cp\u003eAccording 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monthly Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040895713520,"sku":"9781583672501","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781583672501_p0.jpg?v=1763796223","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781583672501","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}