'Hindu civilization' in business: the World Hindu Economic Forum's intellectual project


Nartok E. E.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, vol.99, no.2, pp.495-513, 2023 (SSCI, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 99 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/ia/iiad018
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, American History and Life, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Administration Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, DIALNET
  • Page Numbers: pp.495-513
  • Keywords: India, Civilization, WHEF, Global Elite Networks, Business Forums, Hindu nationalism, STATE
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

By examining the World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF), this article shows that the Hindu civilizational rhetoric is used by nationalist business circles to construct strategies that reinforce Hindu nationalist sentiments and neo-liberal-oriented market ideas.