Globalization and the Politics of Identity in India

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Globalization, the Diaspora and Hindutva

PRALAY KANUNGO

Globalization and the diaspora have emerged as two highly contested categories for defining the contemporary world. Globalization, which is often simply described as increasing global interconnectedness, is a complex concept, and has been defined differently by different scholars. For some, it is a liberating phenomenon, opening up the potential for greater connectedness and spread of human rights, health care and improved inter-cultural understanding worldwide (Beck 2000). For others, it is nothing but another manifestation of nineteenth-century imperialism. While some describe it as the consequence of modernity (Giddens 1990), for others it is late capitalism in its ‘post-modernist’ ...