Fears for Democracy in India

Chronicle of Higher Education by Martha C. Nussbaum | May. 18, 2007 (Opinion)

What has been happening in India is a serious threat to the future of democracy in the world. The fact that it has yet to make it onto the radar screen of most Americans is evidence of the way in which terrorism and the war on Iraq have distracted us from events and issues of fundamental significance. If we really want to understand the impact of religious nationalism on democratic values, India currently provides a deeply troubling example, and one ... Full Story »

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by Patricia L'Herrou - Oct. 1, 2008

very important and very thoughtful and thought-out thesis. frightening in its implications for our own nation and others, already polarized politically if not on religious grounds. The images of the conflict of cultures which includes the internal conflict within the individual is relevant in all parts of the world today. another significant observation is the implication the paradox of more liberal values in a civilization possible leading to the opportunities for the more rigid and dictatorial to take more control.