Academic Hinduphobia
Cover of the book Academic Hinduphobia
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| Author | Rajiv Malhotra |
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| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Indology |
| Genre | Non fiction |
| Publisher | Voice of India, New Delhi |
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2016 |
| Pages | 464 |
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| Website | http://hinduphobia.com/ |
Academic Hinduphobia: A Critique of Wendy Doniger's Erotic School of Indology is a 2016 collection of essays written and published in the early 2000s by Rajiv Malhotra "critiquing Western Indology and discussing a wide range of challenges confronting Hinduism, India and the world," published by Voice of India. The book was inaugurated by Dr. Subramanian Swamy at an event at India International Centre at New Delhi on 10 July 2016.
According to Malhotra, the essays are a critique of "Wendy Doniger's depictions of Hinduism which most Hindus found vulgar and outright insulting," and have been republished in the wake of the withdrawal of Doniger's The Hindus: An Alternative History from the Indian market, due to a lawsuit "alleging that it was biased and insulting to Hindus." The withdrawal led to extensive media attention, and renewed sales in India. According to Malhotra "the drama has diverted attention away from the substantive errors in her scholarship to be really about being an issue of censorship by radical Hindus," hence the republication of his critique of Wendy Doniger and scholars related to her.
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