https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Gods-and-Rupees https://booksandideas.net/Gods-and-Rupees 2019-05-16T06:00:00Z text/html en Smriti Sharma Economy Islam religion India economic growth hinduism Books and ideas originals <p>What can economics teach us about belief systems? As an institution, religion has implications for education, social cohesion, and politics, all of which are linked to economic growth and inequality. Sriya Iyer uses the tools of economics in an expansive study of one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world— India.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Cow-Terrorism https://booksandideas.net/Cow-Terrorism 2018-03-26T07:00:00Z text/html en Mathieu Ferry Politics Society nationalism India hinduism Florence Gould Foundation minorities <p>The sacredness of the cow and the religious proscription against the consumption of beef were invented as late as the medieval period, and have since represented powerful unifying forces among the Hindu community. Today, the wave of lynchings the country has experienced shows how these notions continue to be instrumentalized by the nationalist extreme right.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Mayawati-Factor https://booksandideas.net/The-Mayawati-Factor 2011-11-01T19:29:53Z text/html en Nicolas Jaoul Politics inequalities discrimination India social mobility hinduism castes <p>The first biography of Mayawati, the contemporary dalit leader, breaks the silence of the Indian elites on a political phenomenon of unusual magnitude. Unfortunately this book's account of the developments that this politician represents has many biases.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Ambedkar-and-the-Critique-of-Caste https://booksandideas.net/Ambedkar-and-the-Critique-of-Caste 2010-11-05T10:51:45Z text/html en Jules Naudet International inequalities la suite droite India postcolonial studies hinduism castes <span class="caps">FMSH</span> <p>Although less well known than Gandhi and Nehru, Ambedkar occupies a unique position in India's collective imagination. Father of the Constitution and virulent critic of the caste system, he remains today a key figure for the <i>Dalits</i>, who have a hard time finding their way into the official narratives of the struggle for independence.</p>