{"product_id":"9781583673102","title":"The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu","description":"\u003cp\u003eConventional 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \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":47184441147632,"sku":"9781583673102","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781583673102_p0.jpg?v=1763804373","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781583673102","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}