From Gandhi to Deendayal: contradictions of conservative Hindu tendencies in Indian environmental thinking

Jiří Krejčík

doi:10.15448/1984-7289.2019.2.31973

Autores/as

Jiří Krejčík Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology (Prague, Czech Republic). http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9209-7254

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2019.2.31973

Palabras clave:

India. Ambientalismo. Tradicionalismo. Hinduismo. El nacionalismo hindú. Humanismo integral.

Resumen

Este artículo examina las tendencias tradicionalistas y conservadoras en el pensamiento ambiental en la India, especialmente en las obras de M. K. Gandhi y Deendayal Upadhyay. Se presta especial atención al concepto de humanismo integral de este último, que recientemente se ha convertido en una idea ampliamente discutida en el discurso público en India. Al explorar sus bases ideológicas, el radicalismo espiritual gandhiano y el humanismo integral de Deendayal se ubican en la tendencia más amplia del pensamiento nacionalista y ambientalista de aquél país, mostrando la posible convergencia de la ecología y el conservadurismo social. Al analizar las implicaciones de las tendencias autoritarias y no igualitarias en la sociedad, muestra cómo los movimientos ecologistas hindúes que se basan en las tradiciones brahmínicas y el pensamiento gandhiano son propensos a ser secuestrados por el nacionalismo hindú.

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Biografía del autor/a

Jiří Krejčík, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology (Prague, Czech Republic).

PhD. in Political Science (Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic), Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague, Czech Republic)

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