The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future

The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future
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The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future
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The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future

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While America is focused on religious militancy and terrorism in the Middle East, democracy has been under siege from religious extremism in another critical part of the world. As Martha Nussbaum reveals in The Clash Within, the forces of the Hindu right pose a disturbing threat to India’s democratic traditions and secular state. Martha Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. © 2007, The University of Chicago

Recorded Wednesday, May 09, 2007 at International House.