God and Globalisation in India
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- Created on: 09-10-14 11:03
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- Religion and development
- Introduction
- According to secularisation theory, development undermines religion and that modern science and technology destroy belief in the supernatural.
- Religion may also contribute to development.
- For example: Weber and Calvinism
- In recent times, Sociologists have examined the role religion plays in the development in today's globalising world.
- God and globalisation in India
- Globalisation has brought economic growth in India and a rising prosperity to a new middle class.
- Nanda
- Examines the role of Hinduism in India which is the religion for 85% of the population.
- Hinduism legitimates the rise of Hinduism "ultra nationalism," and the prosperity of the Indian middle class.
- Increased religiosity in the middle class is the result of their ambivalence (uncertainty) about their new found wealth stemming from a contradiction between their new prosperity and the traditional Hindu belief of asceticism.
- This is resolved by:
- Religious leaders now preaching that desire is not bad but instead a manifestation of divinity that motivates people to do things.
- This "business-friendly," version of Hinduism legitimates the position of the middle class and allow them to adjust to globalised, consumer Capitalism.
- Legitimating a triumphalist version of Indian nationalism.
- Politicians and the media emphasise the idea that the reason why India has been successful is due to the superiority of Hindu values.
- Hinduism has penetrated everyday life and the supposedly secular state.
- For example: Indian Universities teach Hindu sciences such as astrology as academic subjects are they are believed to be able to prevent national disasters.
- Religious leaders now preaching that desire is not bad but instead a manifestation of divinity that motivates people to do things.
- This is resolved by:
- Increased religiosity in the middle class is the result of their ambivalence (uncertainty) about their new found wealth stemming from a contradiction between their new prosperity and the traditional Hindu belief of asceticism.
- Surveys show that Indians are becoming more religious and that urban, educated Indians are more religious than rural, less literate, Indians.
- This contradicts secularisation theory which teaches that these sorts of people are the first to adopt a secular worldview.
- Hinduism legitimates the rise of Hinduism "ultra nationalism," and the prosperity of the Indian middle class.
- Examines the role of Hinduism in India which is the religion for 85% of the population.
- Introduction
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