Gandhiji and RSS: The Cultural Grounding of Social Representations

IF 0.1 4区历史学 0 ASIAN STUDIES

Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1177/03769836231173189

M. Doss

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Abstract

Exploring the cordial relationship and mutual respect between Gandhiji and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), this article critically examines the political rhetoric against the RSS and its implications. As a nationalist cultural organisation, the RSS had been well aligned with most of the social and cultural programmes initiated by Gandhiji. When critics of the RSS like Jawaharlal Nehru were keen on crushing the RSS, the truth-seeking political philosopher Gandhiji applauded its discipline, annihilation of untouchability and the rigorous simplicity. This article demonstrates how the serious charges against the RSS that were brought to the notice of Gandhiji by a section of Congress leaders further cemented the cultural grounding of social representations between the two, instead of making Gandhiji be the stranger of the RSS.

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甘地与RSS:社会表征的文化基础

本文探讨了甘地与国民志愿服务团(RSS)之间的友好关系和相互尊重，批判性地审视了反对RSS的政治言论及其含义。作为一个民族主义文化组织，RSS一直与甘地发起的大多数社会和文化计划保持一致。当像贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁(Jawaharlal Nehru)这样的RSS批评者热衷于粉碎RSS时，寻求真理的政治哲学家甘地(gandhi)称赞它的纪律、对贱民的消灭和严格的简单。这篇文章展示了国大党部分领导人对RSS的严重指控是如何引起甘地的注意的，这进一步巩固了两者之间社会代表的文化基础，而不是让甘地成为RSS的陌生人。

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